New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-21

artistic dclineation. Mr. PeIlegrlni or pencam;
or Pungolo no s called BY hi r nimftoa
to Vanifv Fair which may easily be dlstingusne sd
from those of any other artist by their droleIy anu
spirit of caricature. The best kind OF cnricasuios
which IS really, only the t eXasSoa 40 veil
done rs by Mr. Pellegrini. With Keen sct
perception he takes in not only the man plt MS na
his b5os-in this country very and vastly cn9ra ~
terisfic-bIs gloves and the peculiar creases Oh III
clothes His drawings Of the late Earl Russell, Oh
Mr. Gladstone and of Lord Beaconsield were per,
feet because they were like the men, oIiy n ILL.,
so Just what q carcature should De-a Coon my
ness, with every popularity eXaggerated. 10 ~
acute and practised eve OF Mt Pelcgrinl every pr
son has striking peculiarly not noticeable 10 Or
binary people until thrown into relief by me skill
of the caricaturi,t. or late the signature OF Ape
has appeared very rarely IN Iang to", mI nor
trait painting in oils. His successor, who signs Hs
sketches spy Is Mr.. Leslie Ward, the son OF Ine
eminent Academcian Mr.. EN-. ward VINO uiou . un-
der tragicaI circumstances fow years ago Just as
he had completed the designs fOr MT. CnIlS'opiol
Sykes's famous tapestry. Mr. Il. NJ Wards PICTURES
of the Last Sleep of Argyll" are 100 well known
all over the world to need more than passing rel
orence His has decided git ior Dor hat
and for caricature OF different Klhd LroI ' "a
successfully pIactsed by his predecessor 10 us t
tinguish roughly it might be said he carcatnreS Ino
face more and the limbs ana cIothes ieSo intinG
and in tie ROYAL Academy Exhibition OF 1901 nau
charming picture Of MIS- Mundy, now countess
Of Shrewsbury th and nob the heir i!0 n to tie
a LSGd iHsg The third cSrcaturst Of gany
Fair is Mr.. Chartran who signs his work with a
at" As artist he is adniraDle, anu "a tbot oenuis
for fun which prompted Mr. Pellegrinls EaTI nus
sclD or Lord Alfred Paget," or Mr. Leslie " ara
" Jim Lowther" Mr. Chartran5 works are Simply
charming Sketches sometimes almost natteTlnS
rendcrngs of the original There Is HgvCt any P i
slbllity OF installing them They are dlsI'nct'y ~.
dydual and characteristic, but they are ho' o"i'-
caturcs
Fun. .Judy. and various other comic periodicals,
oGord annie gcope for young artists wit genius
for carcature rs does The Sporting ana Drdmdtio
Nr,rs for drauchtsmen of all caiibres. Miss Bowers
eouastrion sketches the best in Punch since John
Ltcchs are now challenged by the dashihg WOFh
of Mr. JOhh Sturgess whose daring chOlce OF uln-
cult positions IN which 90 draw MS horoes anu NJ
ers is justified by almost lnvarlaOlc success 'I.
Furni~s is another artist who was graduated on
The sporting and Dramatic, and only me other day
drew the wonderful design for the Bancroft Wlhuo"
IN the church at Pontresina for Puach. Mr. Furnlss
has emincntly the gift OF likeness and carlcature'
Ano her pictorial contributor to the CHEEKY news
PAPER edi eu by Mr.. Alfred Watson Is 1lr Slackey'
- the Captious Critic" gentleman OF infinite hu-
NOR who while Mayfair existed made S me clever
sketches for that shortllved society journal
In proportion TO their NUMBER the Illu9
trated journals seem to have done much
more than Others in the direction OF
developing talent. 1t would almost appear as IL
ordinary ana artistic journalism acted lnVerSely
upon the career OF those who embrace them. IL mas
been rlshly said that journalism Is the grave o.
literature This is not exactly true but 1t - I'M
questionable that journalism as pursued IN Eng,
land wlthdTaws an immense quantity OF cultured
bfain power from literature, and absorDs IL mo
itself TO its own great improvement Journalism de-
yours the rising poets, would be noyellsts ana
dramatsts but il does not develop any All these
become hack journalists, and, unlike their french
contemporaries have no political position to com
pensate them for the loss of career In the repub
lie of letters. They pass under the Juggernant or
anonymous journalism and disappear from the
world of entities into that OF shadows stat nom'R.S
umbra the motto of Junius Is fatally true OF many
a BRAIN as bright as young Tom Hoods, OF many
Innrt 9s warm rs that of Door PrOWse But with
the illus rated papers it is, have shown, exact
ly the contrary. Their draughtsmen sign their
drawings and develop into astlNtS OF name ana iamc
The newspaper is on another form of pot-bOlIer"
TO keep die artist gong while he gradually pushes
MS way forward among the phalanx or serious
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