Printers Pie cover, 1909

Front cover of Printers Pie magazine illustrated by John Hassall showing Simple Simon rummaging in his pocket for money to give ye Pieman except in this case, the Pie is the magazine, not the edible sort. Printers Pie was published by The Sphere and Tatler in aid of the Printers Pension, Almshouse and Orphan Asylum Corporation and edited by W. Hugh Spottiswoode. A sister publication, Winter's Pie, was published each Christmas. Both magazines carried contributions from the leading artists and humorous writers of the day including John Hassall (who designed the covers), William Heath Robinson, Lawson Wood and Walter Emanuel

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