The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-11
cAR1cArunE AND POETRY.

CARicATURE AND OTHER CONC ART, IN ALL TINES
AND MANY LANDS. BY James Parton Win 2o2
illustrations New York: Harper Il Brothers
There Is nothing now under the sun, not even
the art Of caricaturo, as Mr. Parton has proved ny
giving reproduction in Lis very entertaining book OF
caricature Of Roman soldier rudey drawn A. D. 10.
with q bit u red chalk the wall OF his barracks at
Pompe. Mr.. Parton says that there are in this vol
greater variety OF pictures of comic and sat.r-
ical than before presented at one view;
this readily believe The art oil caricaturc is
traced earliest history before the destruction
oil Pompeil down TO It's exemplllcation by Thomas
Mast al the present day IN this country. While we
Interested the history OF this art AS traced
through Greece, among the Hindoos, among the
Egyptians, through the Middle Ages,
more entertained when the author reaches Hogarth
and ms time. The South Sea deiuson drew from Ho-
garth his first caricature. slime Smoking Piclure'
u burlesque the fashion Tor old maslers-man uiac
tured London. Of the nrst to make de-
cded sensation. A caricaturc called 1.-THE Notion"
Tor removal OF Sir Robert Wapole) OF the
most famous caricatures Of the reign OF George H.
From this time forward the history OF Europe Is
recorded or burlesqued In the comic pictures Of the
shop windows-not merely tho conspicuous part
played in by its minister's and Kings, but the oibes
the fashions, the passions tho vices, the credutes,
the whius OF each generation. The British rage for
the Italian OPERA the enormous sums paid 70 Tho sing
gaming. the audacily OF highway mon ana tho impos-
lions upon creduy, did mol escape the pencil OF tho
satirst. Nor the abuses of the Church over
looked One picture, entitled 1.-The Fat Puralist and
HIS Lean Curates," published in 1888, representing
corpuent dgnltary Of The Church in chariot, drawn
by six mcagre and wretched curates with appropriate
text, helped greatly TO reform the abuses Of the
| Church Ring
The caricaturists pencil had plenty Of subjects dur
ing the French Revolution. The court Of Louis XIV.
with its Nine de Pompadour was caricature itself.
One OF the most celebrated carcaures OF the time Ia
called Assemhly Of the Nosabies at Paris" February
o. 1887. Tho picture represents babosp dressed
French cook sitting At desk, while assembled boz
fore him is every variety Of barnyard fowl Cook
.sDear objects OF my care thave assembled you
certain with what sauce you want TO be eaten"
| Fowts--sBut don't want 10 be eaten at all
| Cook-sYou are departing from the question" Tho
picture appeared when the deficit iu the revenue had
become most alarming, and II At length proposed
TO nobility, clergy and magistraes. hitherto
! exempt from vulgar taxation. But the
semoy OF the notables which was chiefly
composed OF the exempt, preferred to pro-
long inquiry into the OF the deficit,
and showed unconquerabe reluctance TO impose
TAX upon themselves II was during this delay that
the carcature appeared In the chapter .'Carca-
lures OF Women and Matrimony" Mr.. Parton speaks
his mind about Gavarn the most noted French carca-
turisL and breaks lance in favor Of woman. ''Ga-
varni," he says, swell represents men in this sorry
business OF reviing women, for in all the old civiza-
tons In general have done precisely what Gavarni
did recently Paris-hrst degraded women. then
laughed Ut themn 1t ia foolish as well unjust TO
believe that French women were as Gavarni painted
them. ave had in Now York some years ago." says
Mr.. Parton, "a dozen or two Of young follows, moro
less connected win the press, most Of them Of tor
cign origin, who cherished the delusion that eat
ing bad supper cellar late at night, and uttering
or singing semLdrunken nonsense was an exceedingly
/ noble high spirited and literary way OF consuming
weakly constitution and small salary They thought
they we're dong something IN the manner OF DR..
johnson and Charles Lamb Any one who should
have judged New YORK IN the year 1855 by tho writ
ings OF these young gentlemen would have supposed
that we wholly given up TO silly, vulgar and
reckless dissipation. But, in TRUTH the 'Bohemans'
they proud to be styled were both few and To-
Significant their moving scrbblngs expressed nothing
but the looseness Of their ves and that half
pretence" Can Mr. Parton refer TO the Bohemians who
made their hcadquarler lat Pians?" number Of Ca
varnis carcatures are given. One represents mans
| scorn Tor woman She Is seated with head hung and
hands buried IN the pockets of her apron He is
standing before her, satircal with rage. saying You
| franki You simplel Have con ndence in you You!
| Why you would blow your nose with your left hand
for nothing but the pleasure deceivinR your right,
II you couldH Two young ladies' IN confidential con-
| versatlon :--"when think that ". Coquardsau Is
going to be my husband feel sorry Tor Alexander"
"And for NJ Coquardeau.n OF Charles Pnilipon, the
founder OF Lie Chariuar Mr.. Parton says that he was
an unknown and inferior artist around whom gathered
"a number OF Bohemian draughtsmen and writer's, not
OF whom appears then 10 have shared In the social
| lie OF the country or to have had the faintost
cSs ,c idorot don IN foii
citizen in place Of such extreme DIM
| Guilty as the head or . government" The
| King was a good target, and no riddled him
with olacx lead At this time Gavarni satriz ny
the children. and his series Of "Eniants TsrrbIes'
was creating a laugh that echoed around the world
one Of these children, boy Of four praties to his
mothcrrn this strain -"Nurse Is going TO get up very
early now that you have como home, mamma Good
ness while you were 10 the country abe always had
her breakfast bed, and papa who took In The
milk and lighted the nrc But wasn't the coffee jolly
sweet thoug - Another sketch shows father mother
and terrible child out for a walk. They pass man
who turns his eyes another way. The boy sees him
and bywls to his mother: =. Mamma mamma J that
NJ du LuxetnU ourgI You know hm-ths one you
said was such friend to papa He has gone oy with
out saIutngl suppose tho reason 10 no don't know
how TO behaved"
German vii is or an entirely diffsrent order from
French. The Jokes Of the former are innocent and
simple who In the latter there Is always double
entenare spanish jokes are great deal like The
French; for instance :--rrcture iast-ookng woman
and the janiior Of lodging house. He says:-"fou
wish to see the landlord think he does not mean
TO have ladies' in his house who are alone" she re-
plies III am never alone" Italian caricature II
mostly on political religious SUBJECTS Englsf
caricature OF the present century, beginning with
G,lroy and drifting to Cru'kshank whom Parsor
calls .rhe founder Of the new school, the V'rtuou
SCHOOL Of comic arl') Leech, Tenniel and Du MaurIe
and others forms one Of tho most interesting parts
The book 1T IS Dickens who is Justly hailed as thu
founder Of that benign school Of comic art which
gives US humor without coarsencss and satire wthou
III nature, says Mr.. Parton, and very truly And nov
we come to John Leech, prince Of refined carlcatur