Douglas Tempest (born 1887) was a British illustrator and cartoonist who went on to become a pioneer
in animation.
Many Tempest cartoons were featured on postcards published by the Bamforth Company in England.
This comic postcard was addressed to John Rodkey of Columbia, PA, but the postcard was not mailed.
We may assume that it was hand-delivered.
(I have several other postcards that were mailed to John Rodkey in Columbia and in other communities
nearby.)
The sender or giver writes a breezy note on the reverse, but does not add a name.
In this illustration, the sleepy woman confuses the sensation of an enormous mosquito with the very
unruly bristles of the sleeping man’s moustache.
It may have been more amusing because the enormous moustache adorns a person named, “John” – the
same as the recipient of the postcard.
An internet search reveals that there are numerous collectors of Tempest illustrations, especially of
those published by Bamforth.
It appears that John was pleased by the postcard, as it was preserved with his large collection for more
than a hundred years.

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