Cartooning the First World War in Wales
An HLF funded project at Cardiff University to digitise the Western Mail's wartime cartoons by leading cartoonist J.M. Staniforth.
During the First World War the Western Mail published over 1300 cartoons by the artist J.M. Staniforth, providing a unique day-by-day record of the war and the responses of the people of Wales to its momentous events. Each of these cartoons is now being digitised in an exciting new project run by Cardiff University's School of History, Archaeology and Religion, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund,
20/11/2014
Our Visual Culture of the First World War Conference was a great success. Here are some photos from the final day of the event, including: Professor Chris Williams and Dr Rhianydd Biebrach of the Cartooning the First World War Project; the Heritage Lottery Fund, Blaenau Gwent Libraries, Mike Oliver of Lewis School, Joanna Wenman of the Firing Line Museum, Dr Gethin Matthews of Swansea University, Nick Mansfield of the University of Hertfordshire First World War Engagement Centre and the winner of our school competition Sophia Campion of St Clare's School, Porthcawl.
27/08/2014
19/08/2014
If you haven't visited our new website yet please take a look. You can search all Staniforth's cartoons from the end of July 1914 to the end of November 1915 and more are being uploaded all the time. Each cartoon is accompanied by a commentary, but we need more volunteers to help us with this so please get in touch if you're interested. www.cartoonww1.org.
Welcome to Cartooning the First World War | Cartooning the First World War Cartooning the First World War brings together all the wartime newspaper cartoons of Joseph Morewood Staniforth, which originally appeared in the British Sunday paper the News of the World and the Cardiff daily paper the Western Mail.
19/08/2014