Timeline

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1841

Punch Magazine begins publication

1842

1843

1844

1845

1846

1847

1848

1849

Richard Doyle's 'Manners and Customs' book

1850

Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s Ukiyo-e cat print

1851

1852

1853

1854

William Simpson: The First War Artist

1855

The Namazu-e Prints

1856

1857

1858

1859

1860

1861

1862

1863

1864

1865

1866

1867

1868

1869

1870

1871

1872

Kawanabe Kyōsai's School for Spooks

1873

Leslie 'Spy' Ward starts at Vanity Fair

1874

1875

John Gould’s 'The Birds of New Guinea'

1876

1877

Fred W. Rose’s Serio-Comic War Map

1878

1879

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1886

Louis Wain begins producing cat illustrations

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

Toulouse-Lautrec's first Moulin Rouge poster

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

Phil May’s ‘The Phil May Album’

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

José Guadalupe Posada’s ‘La Calavera Catrina’

1909

1910

José Guadalupe Posada’s ‘La Calavera Catrina’

1911

1912

1913

Benjamin Rabier illustrates 'Le Buffon'

1914

Louis Raemaekers’ WWI cartoons

1915

1916

Einar Nerman’s sheet music

1917

I Want YOU! by James Montgomery Flagg

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

George Studdy’s Bonzo hits the big time

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

Robert Lawson illustrates Ferdinand the Bull

1937

1938

1939

Alex Steinweiss’ world's first record cover

1940

The “Record Britain” war scheme begins

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Ronald Searle’s POW drawings

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

Klaus Voormann for The Beatles' ‘Revolver’

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

Guy Peellaert for Bowie's ‘Diamond Dogs’

1975

1976

1977

1978

Quentin Blake teams up with Roald Dahl

1979

Gearld Scarfe for Pink Floyd's ‘The Wall’

1980

Al Hirschfeld’s self portrait as an inkwell

1981

1982

Linda Kiton’s Falklands War Diary

1983

1984

David Levine’s ‘Screwing The World’

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

John Craig for The Smashing Pumpkins

1996

1997

1998

1999

Kate Gibb for Chemical Brother's ‘Surrender’

2000

2001

Richard Thompson’s ‘Make The Pie Higher’

2002

2003

2004

2005

Jamie Hewlett and Gorillaz

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

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A project by Philip Kennedy

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A project by Philip Kennedy