The Sons of Winifred and Charles Rawson
These three sketches illustrate the antics of Charles Junior (Paddy) and Lionel (Plum Bun). Their brother Harry was born in 1874 and died at The Hollow in1876, his tombstone being one of the few physical remnants of the Rawson’s tenure. A younger brother Geoffrey was born in 1879.
Through the caricature of young Lionel as Mr P Bun we are made privy to household comedy, the nickname presumably justified by another sketch in which we observe Lionel’s fondness for plum puddings.
The centre sketch details an incident concerned with Paddy’s wheelbarrow which would suggest that relations between fathers and sons have enduring qualities.
4 January 1877
Lionel Reginald starts on his own a/c
17 February 1877
‘Hi! Daddy! That’s my wheelbarrow!’ ‘Well! You must find some other place to keep your rubbish in I can’t have it in here!’
26 January 1877
Fancy portrait Mr P Bun
Who does this belong to I wonder?
What are these? Why, Mr P Bun’s “Shoes of the Period” of course
Last updated: 10th January 2008
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