Mr Punch and the Police

Butterworths London 1964

When Punch first saw the light of day in 1841, Peel's New Police were already twelve years old and from the very beginning the pages of Punch have frequently included pictures, articles and verses about policemen. For the first time this book collects together some of the best of these drawings and jokes to present a fascinating picture of the police as seen through the eyes of Punch cartoonists over 120 years...