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The 'Prehistoric Peeps' Cartoons show us a hilarious world. Drawn in the nineteenth century by E.T. Reed, the cartoons enjoyed immense popularity.
Edward Tennyson Reed, 1860; 1933:

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Antiquariat
Illustrations
Engraving, Woodcut

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2007 Liszt collection

Keywords:

prehistoric peeps; vintage victorian collection; cartoon drawing prehistoric peeps peep grotesque absurd liszt bizarre eerie extravagant fanciful fantastic flamboyant grody ludicrous odd ridiculous strange surrealistic weird animation caricature comic parody ridicule satire sketch

 

 

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LISZT VINTAGE VICTORIAN COLLECTIONS
PREHISTORIC PEEPS

The 'Prehistoric Peeps' Cartoons show us a kilarious world. Drawn in the 19th century by E.T. Reed, the cartoons enjoyed immense popularity. Edward Tennyson Reed was born in Greenwich, London in 1860, the son of Sir Edward Reed, Chief Naval Architect and MP for Cardiff.

Accompanying his father to the House of Commons, hours spent in the Strangers' Gallery honed his skills for political caricature.

In 1883 he took up drawing and in 1890 he was appointed to the staff of Punch, where he created the series 'Contrasts' and 'Transformations'. Later, in 1893, he would introduce the series which he became famous for, the 'Prehistoric Peeps' series.

He re-introduced the grotesque into Punch cartoons and achieved remarkable facial likeness however bizarre the overall effect. Reed usually worked in pen and ink but preferred pencil with careful hatching and shading.

In 1894, he finally took up the position of parliamentary caricaturist. Though he retired from the post in 1912, he continued to contribute to Punch until his death on 12 July 1933.


The LISZT COLLECTION

The Liszt Collection contains over one million, generally nineteenth century engravings and images. It is an international project to preserve a portrayal of history through contemporary engravings, articles and books.

The Liszt Collection covers Europe and the United States as well as other locations in the rest of the world, such as Canada, Australia, certain African countries, and South America and Asia.

The main areas of interest covered by the collection are history, society, art and culture. These areas are covered by showing geographical locations (towns, villages, counties and countries) as well as by showing various aspects of life in the nineteenth century. Ranging from topics such as politics, fashion in nineteenth century France and social activities in the nineteenth century German village to topics such as science, hiking in Switzerland, transport and coaches and trains crossing the country side.

 

 

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5497 x 3700 pixels (~ 46 x 31cm @ 300dpi)

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