Historical Satire Enthusiast Gifts

"Was it locally grown?"

Forever War

"Brussels Protestants appear to ave taken over the Health and Safety Department, Your Grace."

We Let the Bankers Run Things

'Oh, he doesn't NEED to know how to talk - I'm his agent.'

"No more Trinkets! We want Omolu and Biedermeier!"

Medal hording

'Let the good times roll.'

Jester Cries Over His Replacement

A charming fellow

Protecting a Young Lady's Honour

John Bull presenting the building for the 1862 International Exhibition to Britannia

Servants waiting for thier mistress

The Order for War is Given by Picrochole. (Rabelais).

Hudibras - 10 - Leading Crowdero in triumph.

Colonel George Hanger atop his Steed

Call for PM Lord Aberdeen to be Shipped off as one of Florence Nightingale's Nurses

'Cannonball!'

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

"What the...They wrapped me in toilet paper!"

Uses of a Dead Cat in History: Dead Cat Crown Jewels

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding as written and as it would have been written if David Hume had invested in a word processor,

It started friendly enough...'I'm Henry VIII, my dear, but you may call me 'Hank'.'

Mortally Wounded at the Battle of Quebec, General James Wolfe Forgets His Last Words

COWMIKAZES

"Why can't you be more like little Hester Prynne? She's getting straight A's."

'Dropping the Pilot'-the Fall of Bismarck

A rare picture of Henry VIII's divorce lawyer.

'Raping and pillaging, Seniors' Tour, 898AD.'

Early attempts at standardising currency.

'Number three?', 'This is NOT a quiz!'

"They got me for pillaging. How about you?"

'Your Majesty, the peasants are out of bread!', 'Then let them eat low-carb stuff.'

'Syllogisms won't do you any good here, Mr Aristotle.'

'It says here that later in life they were able to patch things up and became best of friends.'