The Golden Age of Artist-Drawn Picture Postcards

a checklist of postcards by dudley hardy


1. Davidson Bros.

Series 3000

  • “Persuasion is better than force“
  • “He who pitches too high won’t get through his song“
  • “You never know what you can do till you try”
  • “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”
  • “A bad thing is dear at any price.”
  • “It is nobler to give than to receive.”

Series 3001

  • “Our Mutual Friend“
  • “Japhet in Search of a Father“
  • “Far from the Madding Crowd“
  • “The Newcomers“
  • “Peter Simple“
  • “Sketches by BOZ”

Series 3002

  • Oft in the stilly night
  • My pretty Jane
  • Meet me by moonlight alone
  • Stage Door
  • Some Day
  • ‘tis the last rose of summer

Series 3003

  • The Ballad Monger
  • A Country Girl
  • Charlie’s Aunt
  • The Girl from Kay’s
  • “Why Smith Left Home“
  • “The Medal and the Maid”

Series 3004

  • Hanging Mother’s Picture on a Nail
  • Daddy’s gone to London
  • Kind Friends
  • You must call the Lady Mother!
  • I’m coming home to you.
  • The finest flow o’ langwidge ever ‘eard.

Series 3005

  • He Laughs That Wins
  • We have seen better days
  • Put Money in Thy Purse
  • Bid me discourse …
  • It’s a wise father that knows his own child.
  • “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.”

Series 3006

  • Dear Ma in Law
  • The little things that gold can’t buy
  • Leedle Schnaps
  • Do you know any more funny stories?
  • I’m Farmer Scroggins
  • Come back to mother again.

Series 3007

  • What’s mine is yours …
  • Enough with over measure.
  • For you and I are past our Dancing Days
  • As cold as any stone
  • A morsel for a monarch
  • –

Series 3008 (Limericks)

  • To a picnic a party once went …
  • A youth of malicious desire …
  • There once was a chap …
  • A gardener rolling a lawn …
  • A lodger whose rent was unpaid …
  • A man came to town with his son …

Series 3009 (Limericks)

  • There was a young angler …
  • Two motorists rode in a car …
  • There once was a lady named Maud ..
  • A fellow once took a first floor …
  • There once was a baby who cried …
  • A house-owner had a delight …

Series 3010

  • Where are you going to my pretty maid?
  • Georgie Porgie Pudding and Pie
  • Twinkle, twinkle, little star
  • Mary had a little lamb.
  • Little boy blue come blow your horn.
  • Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross.

Series 3011: Mr Smith’s Tramp Abroad

  • Monte Carlo. He vows he will join the anti gambling league
  • He goes to the pyramids
  • Naples. He orders a small bottle of wine
  • Calais. His luggage is well looked after
  • Paris. He tries to pick up the language
  • Madrid. He looses his guide

Series 3012: All Sorts and Conditions of Man

  • A Man of Cheques (Churchill?)
  • A Man of Deeds (Gladstone?)
  • A Man of Regular Habits
  • A Man of Words.
  • A Man of Moods (Henry Irving?)
  • A Man Who Carries All Before Him.

Series 3013: Little Billy’s Love Affair

  • The Introduction: Hullo! I wonder who he is.
  • The Courtship. Well, he is making himself at home.
  • The Acceptance. I do believe she is going to kiss him.
  • The Honeymoon. And I believed in her.
  • Well I’m —–!
  • Serves the little bounder right.

Series 3014

  • A Little Bit of Sugar for the Bird
  • The Amorous Goldfish
  • The Jewel of Asia.
  • Madame Chrysanthenum
  • My Pretty Jane
  • Oh, you rude boy.

Series 3015

  • The Awakening.
  • Waking him up
  • Stuck.
  • Oh, what a surprise!
  • I’ve got him on a string you see.
  • Making him dance.

2. Hartmann

Series 1504: Sporting Girls

  • (Cricket)
  • (Fishing)
  • (Boating)
  • (Riding)
  • (Bathing)

4. Wrench

  • 10182: The Humour of Life: Brave Men.

5. C.W.Faulkner

Series 103

  • Her Valentine
  • Folly
  • The Fisher
  • A Masquerader

7. Others

  • The Ideal Girl “Zaza”
  • Germs of Art Series: A Striking Beauty (unsigned)

3. Raphael Tuck

Series 765: A Humourist in France

  • A Miscellaneous Market
  • An Elopement
  • The Honeymoon Up to Date
  • Light and Airy
  • The Man of the Hour
  • The Cure’s Fete Day

Series 9056 “Humour of Life”

  • “So near, but yet so far”
  • “The day after”
  • “Dutch Smokers”
  • “Patience on a Monument”

Series 9176 “Humour of Life”

  • Improving the Shining Hour

6. Advertising

  • Liebig Company Extract
  • Olympia Circus
  • The J.P.
  • Come Over Here!
  • The Pearl Girl
  • The Pearl Girl (Cicely Courtneidge)
  • Nestle’s Milk
  • Dewar’s Perth Whisky
  • Nouveau Service sur l’Egypte
  • Royal Naval and Military Tournament
  • Sunlight Soap
  • Special Exhibition of Oriental Carpets and Rugs

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