Mr. Punch in the Arts: The Death of Judy

The Victoria & Albert Museum

Ah, the world’s most beloved puppet murderer, Mr. Punch! Here we see him in the act of killing his wife, Judy. Afterwards, she comes back to haunt him as a ghost which he also manages to destroy. He’s a crafty little man.


This hand-colored engraving dates to the early Nineteenth Century. Aside from that, nothing else is known about it. It is part of the exceptional assortment of Punch-related ephemera in the magnificent George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection at the Victoria * Albert Museum.