Word Play Vintage and Historic Cartoons

A knight struggling to fit into his armour

Artist:
Gilbert, Sir John
Search ID:
csl2243
High Res:
2974x2251 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
knight, knights, soldier, soldiers, armor, armored, armour, armoured, tight, tight-fitting, small, too small, size, sizes, wrong size, wrong sizes, battle, battles, pun, puns, play on words, word play, night before the battle, weapon, weapons, sword, swords

Some card-game puns

Artist:
Atkinson, J. Priestman
Search ID:
csl2280
High Res:
1085x3000 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
pun, puns, play on words, play-on-words, punning, wordplay, word play, paronomasia, paronomasias, trump, trumps, trump card, trump cards, card, cards, card game, card games, card-game, card-games, trick, tricks, trick-taking, trick taking, whist, playing card, playing cards

Some Hamlet-based puns

Artist:
Atkinson, J. Priestman
Search ID:
csl2373
High Res:
1188x3000 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
hamlet, william shakespeare, shakespeare, play, plays, tragedy, tragedies, shakespearean tragedy, shakespearean tragedies, theater, theatre, theaters, theatres, pun, puns, play on words, punning, paronomasia, wordplay, word play, to be or not to be

A man complaining to a witty waiter

Artist:
Keene, Charles
Search ID:
csl2445
High Res:
2116x3000 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
jocular, witty, wit, word play, play on words, pun, puns, wag, wags, waggish, wait, waiting, waiter, waiters, waiting staff, cheek, cheeky, complain, complains, complaining, complaint, complaints, unhappy, unsatisified, unsatisfactory

Wife sewing on husband's button

Artist:
du Maurier, George
Search ID:
csl3517
High Res:
1489x2289 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
husband, husbands, wife, wives, marriage, married, couple, couples, sewing, sew, repair, repairing, repairs, button, buttons, clothes, married couple, come off, holiday, holidays, travel, travelling, trip, trips, boulogne, braces, joke, pun, word play, annoyed

A novel in puns.

Artist:
Atkinson, J. Priestman
Search ID:
csl2218
High Res:
2205x3000 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
novel, novels, book, books, manuscript, manuscripts, write, writing, writer, writers, literature, pun, puns, play on words, story, stories, joke, jokes, word play, punning, paronomasia, paronomastic, punningly