Description: SELLING AS A LOT OF Nine 8 ½ X 11” POLITICAL CARTOONS + 1 NON-POLITICAL PARTIAL PAGE CARTOON -- ALL FROM 1912. TEN CARTOONS.+ The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main goal was securing a minimum wage. After 37 days, the government intervened and ended the strike by passing the Coal Mines Act, extending minimum wage provisions to the mining industry and certain other industries with many manual jobs. + The dispute centred upon an attempt by the Miners Federation of Great Britain, the main trade union representing coal miners, to secure a minimum wage for miners in their district and replace the complicated wage structure then in place which often made it difficult for a miner to earn a fair day's wage. The same issues had caused a major dispute the previous year in South Wales and had become a national issue. The strike was a repeat of the unsuccessful strike of 1894 which also sought a minimum wage.Illustrators includes: E. H. Shepard (1), L. Raven-hill (3) and Bernard Partridge (6)Images: Mr. Punch, John Bull, Ramsay MacDonald, Coal Merchant, Strikers, H. H. Asquith, Spectre of Famine, King Coal and Britannia, Unionists. CONDITION: superb – all are bright and clean, backsides blank, pages have been humidified and flattened for best appearance (and for framing). A wonderful collection representing the UK from the perspective of the establishmentarian Punch periodical. From British Punch humor/satire magazine, 1912, disbound from various Punch magazines, not modern reproductions. Size 8 x 10 1/2 inches, image shown is slightly cropped.Over 4,500 Punch cartoons listed for sale (store category "Punch cartoons") -- humor, satire and propaganda; combine orders and save shipping charges. Questions are always welcome. If buying more than one, please use 'Add to Basket' instead.Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration.
Price: 49.95 USD
Location: Milton, Vermont
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Shipping Cost: 9.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Various
Unit of Sale: Lot
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1912
Width (Inches): 8 inches
Color: Black and White
Height (Inches): 10 1/2 inches
Style: Cartoon
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
