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Donald McGill was one of the more famous
comic card artists of the early 20th century, and
produced cards for a number of British post card
publishers. The principle interest here arises because
of the similarity of the following two cards, and in
particular the dating of his card "It's very windy." |
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It is very breezy down here! but I'm
enjoying myself alright |
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Two very similar cards -
so who copied who?
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Card by "F S" (circa 1906/7)
Card by Donald McGill
(posted 1908)
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See "It
is very breezy" |
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It's very windy but I'm enjoying
myself all right |
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Pictorial Postcard
Company |
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Look there Maggi ...
E S 86 (1906) |
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These are Spoons, there are
others
ES 2069
Later Reprinted unsigned as
Series 3095 and
Writing Space II |
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An Old Country Seat |
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Donald
McGill's first cards appeared in 1905 in the
Empire Series (E S) for the Pictorial
Postcard Company. There were a few more in
1906 and the majority appeared in 1907. The
Company was wound up in 1908. |
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Father's Box of Tools
E S 2014 |
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The Motorist's Trials
The soiling of his nice clean car with
nasty middle class blood
E S 3042
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ES 2007 |
ES 2023 |
ES 2044 |
ES 2050 |
ES 3129 |
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Hutson Brothers |
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Hold my Lantern by Donald
McGill
HB 884 |
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When the Pictorial
Postcard Co closed the business transferred,
in part at least, to the
Hutson Brothers,
and Donald McGill continued to produce post
cards for them, |
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The Helter Skelter by Donald
McGill
HB Not numbered - September 1909 |
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Joseph
Asher |
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A 19 |
A 66 |
After the
Pictorial Postcard Co closed Donald
McGill also started producing cards for
Joseph
Asher and some of the early cards are shown
here
Initially
the cards were in a somewhat similar style.
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A 110 |
A 255 |
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A 101 |
Assuming that the "Asher A" series
numbers represent the order in which the
different cards were published the card
It's very windy but I'm enjoying
myself all right was
numbered
A 240 and comes about here in the
series - suggesting a date no earlier
than 1908. |
A 262 |
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A 245 |
A 247 |
A 322
McGill went on to
produce many more comic post cards. |
A 295 |
A 428 |
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Two later
cards are of interest as they use the
same fat woman.
In
particular the card on the left includes the
man loosing his hat in a way similar to tha
of the original "F S" card. |
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While others
covered "windy" subjects |
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It's very windy here
Asher Series A 12
Posted 1912? |
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It's very windy here
Asher
Series A 124
Posted
1912 |
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"Look here, young man - you go and sit down on
that seat till the wind drops or I'll lock you up !!"
No A 1487 Posted 30 July 1915 |
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International
Art Co. |
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TOW O THREE 204 |
TWO EIGHT ONE 285 |
Donald McGill
started producing cards for
Inter-Art
in 1915 at about the time that Fred Spurgin
moved to
Art &
Humour |
RECRUITS 923 |
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TWO EIGHT FIVE 289 |
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