aman, 259, 260, 337, 338

Blanchard, Sidney, and "Mr. Punch, His Origin and Career," 12;
and the "London Charivari," 15;
proposal for a "comic _Punch_," 14 note

Blatchford, Mr. Montagu, 88, 548

Blocks for _Punch_ illustrations, 249-251

Bloomerism, 424

Board School, Hugh Middleton, 125

"Book of Beauty," 467, 479

Borrow, George, and Thackeray, 318

"Bow Street Ballads," 320

Bowers, Miss Georgina, 166, =529=, =530=

Boyd, Mr. A. S., 167

Bradbury, William, =36=, 49, 61

Bradbury, William Hardwick, 38

Bradbury, Mr. W. Lawrence, 38

Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 38

Bradbury & Evans, 31, 32;
and negotiations for the purchase of _Punch_, 33-35

Bradbury, Evans & Co., 38

Bradley, C. H., 477

Bradley, Rev. Edward, and "Verdant Green," 129, 492, 355, 372, =491-495=

Brewtnall, Mr. E. F., 543

Brezzi, Mrs., and the Title of _Punch_, 24

"Briefless, Mr.," 275

"Briefless, Junior," 375

"Briggs, Mr., or Housekeeping _versus_ Horse keeping," 131, 425

Bright, John, 101, 111;
and the New Reform Bill, 118;
"Hercules," 121;
with an eye-glass, 204;
obituary notice, 377

Brine, his portrait of _Punch_, 8;
and the first Staff of _Punch_, 19;
cartoons, 171, =412=

"Britannia," 208, 473, 535

"British Lion," 70 and note, 176, 177, 208, 470

Bromley, Valentine, 548

Brooks, Reginald Shirley, 67, 387

Brooks, Shirley, and the origin of _Punch_, 11;
misconception as to the first editorship of _Punch_, 25 note;
portrait, 60, 80;
politics, 99;
his lectures, 129;
the "Man in the Moon," 154, 238, 357;
old jokes, 163;
a Cawnpore cartoon, 177;
verses on Abraham Lincoln, 177, 178;
verses on the death of the Prince Consort, 217;
"Our Flight with _Punch_," 238, 357;
friendship with Angus Reach, 357;
as Editor, 359, 360;
work and characteristics, =356-360=

Brough, Robert, 265, 360

Brough, William, 265, 288, 360

Brougham, Lord, 101, 153;
opinion of _Punch's_ portraits of him, 200;
as "Mrs. Caudle," and as a clown, 202

Brown, W., 454

"Brown, Mrs.," 489

"Brown, Jones and Robinson," 455

"Brown's Letters, Mr.," 321

Browne, Charles F., 180, 317, =369=, =370=

Browne ("Phiz"), Hablot Knight, and the origin of _Punch_, 19;
his design for the cover, 41, 42, 451;
"Valentines," 49, 50;
"Mokeanna," 365, 427, 446, =451=, =452=

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