Merry England

 

'May I have the pleasure?'

 inscribed "Merry England (page 37) London 1956" 

"Remembrance of things past..."

Published within Punch on 21 December 1955, p. 733 as one of five drawings under the title 'May I Have the Pleasure?' and also within the artist's Merry England (1957) on p. 38

'The Pipes! The Pipes!' 

- The Edinburgh International Festival of Drama Opens Tomorrow

 

Illustrated: News Chronicle, Saturday cartoon issue, August 21, 1954

Literature: Ronald Searle, 'Merry England', Perpetua Books, London, 1956, pp.106-107.

"If music be the food of love..."

Published in Punch, 14 March 1956, page 314. 

Also published within Searle's Merry England (London, 1957), page 100.

'May I have the pleasure?'

inscribed "Merry England (page 37) London 1956"

Inspired by Sandro Botticelli's celebrated painting "The Birth of Venus", this large caricature was first published in Punch (May, 1953), and again in Searle's Merry England, London, 1956, p.91