The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-04
An English Caricaturist.

One of the most famous artists OF
the staff of Punch, Mr.. Harry Furniss,
was asked: do you find the proml-
nent statesmen easy to carlcature as
rule?"
..Some of them. For instance, Sir
Charles Dixie, Sir William Harcourt,
Sir Drummond Wolff, Lord Salisbury
and Lord Randolph Churchill are easy
to catch. Mr.. Chamberlain mouth
is difficulty, but this is compensated
by his eyeglasses. Mr. Gladstone
face is good when taken in a severe
aspect, but when you try to catch his
smiles the likeness goes Lord Bea-
consfield was the best subject Tor carl
cature we ever had. Among other
splendid subjects of the past were LORD
Palmerston, Sir Robert Feel, Lora
Brougham, and Lord John Russell
Members of Parliament should abstain,
like actors. from growing boards,
otherwise they spoil themselves for
being made up by the earicaturlsts,
as old women, little boys, and other
| fayorite characters. Now, Lord hart
| ington is always Harrington lt Is
| impossible to transform him into any
| other character. Parnell' appearance
| is constantly changing. One week ne
| will appear with shaggy beard and un-
shorn locks, the next all trim and
| spruce. SO that the carieaturist must be
| constantly on the qui vlve- Inc salei
plan is to take a mans type and STICK
to it. Bradlaugh is fayorite suplect
of mine, and in consequence OF NY
caricatures of him, it has more than
once been limited to me that L nave
been in danger of a kicking from one OF
other of his admirers
do any of the members object u
being caricatured?
NO. When Mr.. Gladstone wen
to Cannes for his health, the only pa
per he had sent to MIN was Ptt1lch, ant
fayorite cartoons are frequently tram
ed and preserved in honored places o.
: the subjects of them Lord Randoipi
Churchill has one of Tenniel's hang
inc in his room, which shows him as
clown taking the gun of Leadership
, from Sir Stafford Nortbcote as panta
loon. to bring down Gladstone repre-
| sented as growing cock. Sir VIII
lam Harcourt, / believe, does not Tx
| being made fun of, and he was angr
about my drawing in Punch, shown
a House composed of none but Har
+ eourt. to which Lord Salisbury refer
i red in one of his speeches | invente
/ Gladstone's collars which have pecom
proverbial. Through my continual
= caricaturing Asnmead Bartiett,s oi
: trousers, he was Obliged TO buy ne
i pair. Mr.. Broadhurst. the working
: mems member, was once recognize
at a pubic meeting only by his exit
( | thick boots as caricatured in fnnc'
: The Sergeant-at-Arms has paid u
Is the compliment of pasting some OF 10
: black-beetle sketches OF himself on tl
r walls of his private room in the Hous
: This room. by the way, is ike hit
club. which certain members have u
re right of using. No politics are ailo'
= Ell to be discussed there. but good fe
st | lowship prevails, and good stories al
,n excellent whisky make it very ples
3 ant retiring ground. The whisky
d kept in huge decanters bearing 7
e nalnc OF the donor. and often VIII
Is the Irish members nave been turn
s. ont Of the House by the Sergeant,
be Arms. they have adjourned 70 =
on room 10 talk over matters conyiyiailJ
X --Anaerscap Register.