Description: It is hard to escape the legacy of the Punch Magazine. From 1841 to 2002, the magazine cast a satirical eye on life in Britain. It charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable resource not just as cartoon art and satire, but as primary source material for historians.Illustrator: Linley Sambourne , from British Punch humor/satire magazine, February 19, 1908, pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Size 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Condition: good with some foxing to lower edge, otherwise still bright paper; page lays flat for easy framin; backside is blank.SAVED FOR THE STATE. Humanity: "Give the Child to Me."--The 1908 Children's Act, also known as Children and Young Persons Act, part of the Children's Charter was a piece of government legislation passed by the Liberal government, as part of the British Liberal Party's liberal reforms package. The Act was informally known as the Children's Charter and surrounded controversy. It largely superseded the Industrial Schools Act 1868. --It established juvenile courts and introduced the registration of foster parents, thus regulating baby-farming and wet-nursing and trying to stamp out infanticide. Local authorities were also granted powers to keep poor children out of the poorhouse/workhouse and protect them from abuse. The act also prevented children working in dangerous trades and prevented them from purchasing cigarettes and entering pubs. The act also prevented children from learning criminal "tricks of the trade" in adult prisons, where children were often sent to serve time if a crime had been committed. Instead, the Children's Charter had allocated Borstals. It eventually led to many councils setting up social services and orphanages.[Good overview from a 2010 essay online "The Therapeutic Care Journal" "The Hope is in Children"]Internationally renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. QUESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
Price: 12.5 USD
Location: Milton, Vermont
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Artist: Linley Sambourne
Style: Cartoon/Satire
Date of Creation: 1908
Width (Inches): 8 inches
Color: Black and White
Subject: British Children's Act of 1908
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Height (Inches): 10 1/2 inches
Type: Print
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
