Lance Thackeray's surviving graphic work can be roughly divided into two themes: The adversities of sporting activity, especially golf and billiards, and the sketching of typical situations to which European travelers in Egypt were exposed or in which they involuntarily placed themselves. In addition, the increasing motorization and its effects also found entry into his works.
Shortly before the turn of the century Thackeray had settled as an artist in London. He produced over 800 postcards of various designs for the company "Raphael Tuck & Sons of London" and was a member of the "Royal Society of British Artists", the counterpart to the better known "Royal Academy". The "London Sketch Club," which he co-initiated and which later expanded to include the departments of painting and watercolor art, was a private club for artists who designed commercial graphic works for newspapers, magazines or books. It was founded as a spin-off from another drawing club and was due to the fact that members could not agree on cold or hot soup as the end of a busy evening, and hints at the typical British humor in such matters. Thackeray produced numerous humorous drawings for the British press, such as the satirical magazine Punch. He held up a mirror to the English society of the Edwardian age, mockingly illuminating its mannerism and outdated values. In the period before World War I, he traveled to Egypt and found a rich field for humorous depictions of English tourism, which have lost none of their charm to this day. Be it overweight gentlemen, under which the panting packhorse almost collapses, or ladies inappropriately dressed for the heat, who were more interested in the correct fit of their hats than in the local culture. A favorite subject was the English snob, who considered the natives primitive, but did not know how to conceal his own primitiveness by ignoring customs and traditions. Red-faced Englishmen who wanted to climb the pyramids at the greatest heat of the day or who believed they had the upper hand in haggling in the bazaar. English travelers who adhered to the British daily routine even in their hotels and lodgings, and who wanted to show Egyptians their way of life, all of this was closely observed by Thackeray and rendered in the range from subtle to overly obvious.
In addition to postcards, books of sketches and prints by Lance Thackeray on his Egyptian phase have survived. He was an excellent observer of English high society and his drawn humor has a validity to this day that allows the viewer to find himself in it and laugh at himself.
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.jpg "A Billiard Match - Left by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "Round the Pyramids, from")
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.jpg "The Silly Ass, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1509277).jpg "People of Egypt: Peep-Show Man, Beta Sanduk el Dunia by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1507634).jpg "People of Egypt: Water-Jar Seller, Baia Ballassi by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1494236).jpg "People of Egypt: Seller of Antiques, Baia Antikat by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "O wad some power the giftie gie us, to see oursels as ithers see us by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1497996).jpg "People of Egypt: Spinner or Weaver, Kazzaz by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "Postcards depicting the game of golf, early 20th century by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "Derby Day, clearing the Course by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1498001).jpg "People of Egypt: Barber, Hallaq by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "The Silly Ass by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "The Battle of the Nile, 1908 by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1510708).jpg "People of Egypt: Water-Seller, Hemeli by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1501529).jpg "People of Egypt: Watchman, Gaffir (colour litho) by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1500462).jpg "People of Egypt: Bedouin Arab, Bedawi by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "Charge of the Inniskillings, Battle of the Tugela Heights by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "Presents from Birmingham by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "A Billiard Match - The Canon by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "Ouah! Riglak!, 1908 by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "To Philae in a Felucca by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1502985).jpg "People of Egypt: A Public Cook, Tabak Omumi by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "People of Egypt: Native Woman Carrying Water-Jar, Fellaha Hamla el Belassi by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "On the Dam Road, Assouan by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1498003).jpg "People of Egypt: Policeman and Boy, Ascari Balis wa waled by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "Bargain Hunting, 1908 by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508537).jpg "People of Egypt: Syrup-Seller, Sharbatli by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "Cairo Curios; or, The Shepheard")
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.jpg "The Transit of Venus, 1908 by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1510474).jpg "People of Egypt: Water-Carrier, Sakka by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1013512).jpg "Workman Reading a Self Help Book by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1511291).jpg "People of Egypt: Incense Burner, Mobakharati by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1494239).jpg "People of Egypt: Cake-Seller, Baia Cak by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "Romeo and Juliet-Balcony scene at Shepheard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1509589).jpg "People of Egypt: Bisharien Arab by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1498002).jpg "People of Egypt: Potter, Fokarani by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508717).jpg "People of Egypt: Sugar-Cane Seller, Baia Kasseb by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1500386).jpg "People of Egypt: Lamp-Lighters, Illi Walla el Lumad by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1511103).jpg "People of Egypt: Vegetable-Seller, Khodari by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1509453).jpg "People of Egypt: Syrup-Seller, Argesusi by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "The Dandy Tourist, 1908 by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1510309).jpg "People of Egypt: Dancing Negro, Abde Rakes by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "A Stopping-Place on the Nile by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1507121).jpg "People of Egypt: Dragoman, Terguman by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "The After-dinner Speech, 1908 by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508641).jpg "People of Egypt: Alexandrian Boatmen, Marakbi by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1502922).jpg "People of Egypt: Cabman, Arbaghi by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "Should Women Ride Astride, 1908 by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "The Antique Pest by Lance Thackeray")
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.jpg "Stern Reality, or Last but not Least, 1908 by Lance Thackeray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1494253).jpg "People of Egypt: Waiter, Shepheard")
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