Golf Caricatures

Punch Magazine Golf Caricatures

from the golden era of golf and good manners

A collection of exquisitely hand-coloured caricatures. These are rare prints (not photocopies) from Punch Magazine, published from the 1870's to the 1930s. All prints, therefore, over 70 years old. Every caricature is INDIVIDUALLY hand coloured by Jolanda van Belzen in her atelier in Scotland, using fine water-colour paints from Windsor & Newton.

The reproductions on this page are photographs made of the prints after they were coloured and mounted with double mounts from Crescent in conservation rag board quality, and adorned with a gold ink line.

Many of these prints have been sold to private collectors, but some are still available. Please email for details.

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J H Thorpe, 1930

Departing Guest. "And don't forget to look me up if ever you're in Tanganyika."

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Bert Thomas

The Major. "Cheery greeting that old boy gave you. Who is he?"

The Merchant. "Oh, a great friend of mine. I shot him three times last year."

The University of Kent has a biography
on the artist Bert Thomas.

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Lewis Baumer, 1907

Impatient golfer (to opponent who has had shocking luck all the morning). "Buck up, old man, I want my lunch. Where are you now?"

Opponent. "In a hole made by a woman's heel."

IG. "Well, go on, knock it out! This is no time for sentiment!"

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Frank Reynolds, 1928

Caddie (in charge of beginner). "Lummy, Miss, you been and done it in one!"

Beginner. "I'm terribly sorry. What should I have done?"

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G L Stampa, 1927

Unobservant golfer (looking for ball, to stranger). "Did you notice where my ball went?"

Stranger (controlling himself). "Yes, thank you."

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J H Thorpe, 1926

"Your ball is over there, Mister, in the little pit behind the 'eap of muck."

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F H Townsend 1907

The New Workmen's Compensation Act. (Correspondence)

Dear Sir, – If a caddie is hired from a village four miles from the golf links, and is, after five rounds and a-half, overcome by fatigue and sleep, is his employer responsible for his safe return? – Yours, anxious golfer.

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Frank Reynolds, 1923

Local lady champion (to member who has been pressed into service owning to a shortage of caddies). "Awfully good of you to carry for me. You understand the different clubs, don't you?"

Member. "My dear lady, I understand the whole bag of tricks, but I can't lift 'em."

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Bert Thomas, 1927

"Longest drive of my life to-day, old boy. Drove nearly two hundred yards."

"Good. She's running better then?"

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Bert Thomas, 1928

The Dud. "P'raps you'd better go on ahead."

The Boy. "Yessir. What direction?"

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Wallis Mills

Boy (to golfer who has hit his balls out of bounds). "Was it a 'Flier'?"

Golfer (who has been playing with a 'Screamer', but hates losing a ball). "Yes, that's it.

Boy. "Well, I'll 'ave a look for it. I've just found a 'Screamer.'"

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J H Thorpe, 1928

"Heard about my two at the thirteenth?"

"No, thanks!"

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F H Townsend, 1906

Mr. Mothdriver, the famous, yet absent-minded, Golf-Naturalist, invariably carries a butterfly-net in his golf-bag – for he agrees with Mr. Horace Hutchinson that some of the best entomological specimens can be captured in the course of playing the Royal and Ancient Game.

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Lindsay Cable, 1934

"Escape me – never!"