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The Bystander, 1925


Blampied's work appeared in all but three issues of The Bystander in 1925 and included 45 political cartoons, 7 centre-fold drawings and 5 single page drawings in colours. A drawing was used on the cover of the magazine published on 1st July and on the title page of the issue on 25th November.

One of the centre-fold drawings featured the Royal Tournament at Olympia (3rd June), two featured sailing in the Mediterranean (10th June and 15th July), and one featured skiing (2nd December), all pursuits of the readers of the magazine, but two centre-folds were fantasies of Blampied's fertile imagination The Lure of Spring on 29th April and The moths and the flame on 9th September.

Blampied had also seen the exotic dancer Endja Mogoül (27th May), visited Le Moulin Rouge (28th October), and seen the Review of the Folies Bergeres at the Palladium in London (28th October, see left). Egypt was a common theme, as the tomb of Tutenkhamun had been opened in 1922 and had captured people's imagination. Marianne Blampied liked the ballet; I wonder what she thought of these dancers?


Type MO = monochrome drawing; CO = colour drawing; PC = political cartoon; the number indicates the number of drawings or pages.

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— 1925 —


 Issue 14-Jan-1925, vol. 85, no. 1102, p 64. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Quite "Franc" about it.

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 Issue 21-Jan-1925, vol. 85, no. 1103, p 121. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Cross purposes. [Note I have the original drawing of this cartoon]

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 Issue 28-Jan-1925, vol. 85, no. 1104, p 176. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title That band of hope.

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 Issue 4-Feb-1925, vol. 85, no. 1105, p 232. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title A Cook's "personally conducted" tour.

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 Issue 11-Feb-1925, vol. 85, no. 1106, p 290. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Kismet! "An old word with a new meaning in the New 'Oxford' (and Asquith) dictionary.

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Issue 11-Feb-1925, vol. 85, no. 1106, p 307-308. Price 1/-. Type MO5. Author Arkell, Reginald. Title A letter from London to an exile on the Côte d'Azur.

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 Issue 18-Feb-1925, vol. 85, no. 1107, p 352. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Business first - pleasure afterwards.

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Issue 18-Feb-1925, vol. 85, no. 1107, p 367. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title A stormy rencontre.

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 Issue 25-Feb-1925, vol. 85, no. 1108, p 410. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Lords - the hope of their sides.

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 Issue 4-Mar-1925, vol. 85, no. 1109, p 472. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title "David" - sit by the fire ----- alone!.

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 Issue 11-Mar-1925, vol. 85, no. 1110, p 536. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Keeping us all on the hat rack. Out of which one will Winston produce that sixpence off the Income Tax?.

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 Issue 18-Mar-1925, vol. 85, no. 1111, p 608. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Protocol-ic!.

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 Issue 25-Mar-1925, vol. 85, no. 1112, p 694. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title The dole-full ditch. The grand "political" handicap, 1925.

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 Issue 1-Apr-1925, vol. 86, no. 1113, p 20. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title April Fool!.

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 Issue 8-Apr-1925, vol. 86, no. 1114, p 86. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Spring-cleaning! The House adjourns for the Easter vacation on April 9.

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 Issue 15-Apr-1925, vol. 86, no. 1115, p 150. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title The new Humpty-Dumpty.

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 Issue 22-Apr-1925, vol. 86, no. 1116, p 216b. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title From pillar to post "The man in the street. I beg your pardon Sir, but have you got a penny stamp in that bag of yours?.

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 Issue 29-Apr-1925, vol. 86, no. 1117, p 302-303. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title The Lure of Spring.

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 Issue 13-May-1925, vol. 86, no. 1119, p 464. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title The political "Pilgrim's Progress". The unemployed actor "But for the Lossie Loon, there goes Philip Snowden".

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 Issue 20-May-1925, vol. 86, no. 1120, p 552. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Silk!.

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 Issue 27-May-1925, vol. 86, no. 1121, p 636. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Derby Day, 1925. Churchill's "Clarion Call" "On Stanley, On".

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Issue 27-May-1925, vol. 86, no. 1121, p 659. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title Enigma of the East.

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 Issue 3-Jun-1925, vol. 86, no. 1122, p 724. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Cutting a Mel(l)on. A little act of discourtesy cuts no ice with Uncle Sam's Cashier - particularly as money must eventually talk.

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Issue 3-Jun-1925, vol. 86, no. 1122, p 742-743. Price 1/-. Type CO2. Author none. Title None - double page colour drawing of Royal Tournament.

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 Issue 10-Jun-1925, vol. 86, no. 1123, p 838-839. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title Sea girls the summer sees.

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Issue 10-Jun-1925, vol. 86, no. 1123, p 808. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title After the Whitsun truce - bringing up the big "Baldwin" gun.

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 Issue 17-Jun-1925, vol. 86, no. 1124, p 916b. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title The Battle of the "Wind" Mills. Conservative cavalry leaders in conference.

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Issue 17-Jun-1925, vol. 86, no. 1124, p 935. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title A double entente. The lucky thirteen "Oui, Monsieur; all ze world comes to Avignon. But also your countree, it must be veree, veree beautiful!.

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 Issue 24-Jun-1925, vol. 86, no. 1125, p 992. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title In the "ring" of nations - the new boxers.

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 Issue 1-Jul-1925, vol. 87, no. 1126, Cover. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title Cover drawing.

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Issue 1-Jul-1925, vol. 87, no. 1126, p 10. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Independence Day - 1925. What a "Glorious Fourth" it would be if only Uncle Sam would "chuckker" under the chin.

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 Issue 8-Jul-1925, vol. 87, no. 1127, p 88. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title Deauville races the parade of horses. [Note drawing printed in landscape on one page, not over two pages]

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 Issue 15-Jul-1925, vol. 87, no. 1128, p 144-145. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title The Freedom of the surf.

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 Issue 22-Jul-1925, vol. 87, no. 1129, p 190. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Will they get a "call" from the "country?.

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 Issue 29-Jul-1925, vol. 87, no. 1130, p 254b. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title A substiture for coal - "natural gas-ky".

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 Issue 5-Aug-1925, vol. 87, no. 1131, p 308. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Baldwin's "Black and Tan"-dem!.

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 Issue 12-Aug-1925, vol. 87, no. 1132, p 376. Price 1/-. Type MO2. Author Petette. Title Deauville Gossip.

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Issue 12-Aug-1925, vol. 87, no. 1132, p 364. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title The "twelfth" - the same old "grouse".

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Issue 12-Aug-1925, vol. 87, no. 1132, p 387. Price 1/-. Type MO1. Author Oyler, Leslie M. Title Sea Horses.

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 Issue 19-Aug-1925, vol. 87, no. 1133, p 420. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title "What will the harvest be?".

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 Issue 26-Aug-1925, vol. 87, no. 1134, p 476. Price 1/-. Type PCCO1. Author none. Title Will it be a "permanent wave"?. No image available.


 Issue 2-Sep-1925, vol. 87, no. 1135, p 534. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title The call of the wild!.

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 Issue 9-Sep-1925, vol. 87, no. 1136, p 592. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title "Back to the land" again - a harrowing task.

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Issue 9-Sep-1925, vol. 87, no. 1136, p 608609. Price 1/-. Type CO2. Author none. Title The moths and the flame.

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 Issue 16-Sep-1925, vol. 87, no. 1137, p 654. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Left Caillaux prepares to call on Coolidge. Right Coolidge prepares for Cailloux's call!.

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Issue 23-Sep-1925, vol. 88, no. 1138, p 720. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title The biggest fight of all! Gallant Wales' "White Hope" Thomas versus South Wales "Red Dope" Tomski.

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 Issue 30-Sep-1925, vol. 88, no. 1139, p 804. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Hunting the "reds" - season 1925-6. Sir "Jorrocks" Jiskc and his "Home Office" pack.

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 Issue 21-Oct-1925, vol. 88, no. 1142, p 200. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title A Nursery rhyme up-to-date. "Joynson met a little lamb, Its name was O.M.S. -, The fact that Joynson patted it, Caused Ramsay much distress.

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 Issue 28-Oct-1925, vol. 88, no. 1143, p 278. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Grand Parade of "the pinkies" to the tune of "The Liverpool Lullaby".

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Issue 28-Oct-1925, vol. 88, no. 1143, p 295. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title In ancient Egypt. An impression of the Nile scene in the "Folies Bergere Revue" at the Palladium.

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Issue 28-Oct-1925, vol. 88, no. 1143, p 321-326. Price 1/-. Type MO1. Author Straus, Rita. Title My lady's coiffure and toilet.

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 Issue 4-Nov-1925, vol. 88, no. 1144, p 357. Winter Sports Number. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title There's many a slip -!.

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Issue 4-Nov-1925, vol. 88, no. 1144, p 405-496. Winter sports number. Price 1/-. Type MO3. Author O'Shea, Prudence. Title Women's fashions in Switzerland.

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 Issue 11-Nov-1925, vol. 88, no. 1145, p 438. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Let sleeping dogs lie.

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 Issue 18-Nov-1925, vol. 88, no. 1146, p 517. Riviera No edited at Cannes. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title For in"stance". "Stan" what's your handicap, Jim? "Jim" "CRAMP".

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Issue 18-Nov-1925, vol. 88, no. 1146, p 542-543. Riviera No edited at Cannes. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title Un jour de plaisir a Monte Carlo.

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Issue 18-Nov-1925, vol. 88, no. 1146, p 585-586. Riviera No edited at Cannes. Price 1/-. Type MO3. Author Boulter, E.W. Title What we shall wear on the Riviera.

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 Issue 25-Nov-1925, vol. 88, no. 1147, p 611. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title "Reseignements" at Biarritz.

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Issue 25-Nov-1925, vol. 88, no. 1147, p 614. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title The "New spirit in industry".

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Issue 25-Nov-1925, vol. 88, no. 1147, p 622. Price 1/-. Type MO1. Author Thorburn, Douglas W. Title The Riviera week by week. No image available.


 Issue 2-Dec-1925, vol. 88, no. 1148, p 694. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Wall flowers!.

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Issue 2-Dec-1925, vol. 88, no. 1148, p 705-705. Price 1/-. Type MO3. Author none. Title The Riviera Week by Week.

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Issue 2-Dec-1925, vol. 88, no. 1148, p 720-721. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title The background is Pontresina - the foreground, Cupid chaperoning two amateurs.

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 Issue 9-Dec-1925, vol. 88, no. 1149, p 792. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Strange bedfellows - J.H.T(ea) for Two!.

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Issue 9-Dec-1925, vol. 88, no. 1149, p 813. Price 1/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title A "oiseau messager d'amour in the "Revue du Moulin-Rouge"".

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 Issue 16-Dec-1925, vol. 88, no. 1150, p 872. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Her "pedal extremity". The lady "I can't dance, you are on my foot".

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Issue 16-Dec-1925, vol. 88, no. 1150, p 908. Price 1/-. Type MO1. Author Coaten, A.W. Title Hunting notes.

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 Issue 23-Dec-1925, vol. 88, no. 1151, p 930. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Christmas Eve, 1925 - the taxpayers shocking stocking!.

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 Issue December 1925, vol. 88, no. 1151A, p 39. Christmas number. Price 2/-. Type CO1. Author none. Title The Green-eyed monster. When the curtain rises on an unrehearsed scene. No image available.


Issue December 1925, vol. 88, no. 1151A, p 19-20. Christmas Number. Price 2/-. Type MO2. Author Thompson, A.A. Title A Christmas prologue. No image available.


 Issue 30-Dec-1925, vol. 88, no. 1152, p 1027. Price 1/-. Type MO1. Author none. Title Pierrot's dream of New year "Belles".

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Issue 30-Dec-1925, vol. 88, no. 1152, p 988. Price 1/-. Type PC1. Author none. Title Holding the baby.

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