, 1885-01-23
THE C~ARICATURIST,
DAY AND NIGHT SEARCHES FOR
PROPER SUBJECTS
New York and London oontrasted-The
Pretty Little Ragged Waif Who Now
Poses as a Model-Rage for
Novelties


In tears, which Is seen In stationers' windows,
was ever taken with such graphic likeness.
A common explanation Is that tho picture
was photographed by the instantaneous pro
cess 1t seems never to nave occurred to
them that a clever artist could just as well
sketch n crying pet and then photograph
the likeness. Such an artist Is Mr.. Frank
Hegger, lately of London. England, now
OF New York. He Is the author and original
designer OF the majority OF humorous
sketches and photographs which attract 50
many crowds at shop windows on lower
Broadway and in Union square,. Ho makes
it a profession. Hardly knowing from day
10 day what his work viii DO tomorrow, be
seizos the idea offered by q street scene or
suggested by a face and transforms it at
once into a catching picture, which Is spread
broadcast over the country. When asked by
q World reporter where he got most OF his
suggestions, Mr.. Hegger said:
IL am not awake all night, but am ire
quently up and doing long after bedtime. I
find plenty OF ideas awaiting execution, but
it is very difficult to get the subjects no
quired. Those necessary for Photographic
novelties are children in pretty attitudes
laughing and crying children-household
pets, such as cats and dogs, and anything
happily illustrative of domestic life, which
will touch the better part Of our nature.
Then there are subjects which will serve as a
medium for ridiculing social peculiarities
and dress in high life. The more refined it
Is, the reader is the sale. Nothing coarse or
ambiguous has any sale in New York 1t Is
with these materials that the English artists
make up their cartoons. The most popular
artists in London are Du Maurier and Fur
Miss of Punch, and Baxter, OF Fun The
latter is very original and funny.
"But who buy all these sketches offered in
New York storesF' he was asked.
"Stationers In the vicinity of Wall and
Nassau streets, as on Broadway, sell great
quantities to brokers, both old and young.
who decorate their sleeping rooms and
men in New York collect pictures OF this
description 1t is a treat to SEQ their col
lectionz 1 have a large number Of customers
who ask me to first submit each picture I
make for inspection, and they are continually
on the qui vive for the latest novelty. IL
has become a hobby with them, just like
stamp or coin collecting"
What means do you employ to find sub
jectsT'
II have advertised a number of times and
have had scores of children brought
in, both rich and poor. but very few meet
the requirements. The make up Of the face
must be large eyes, wide apart, full eye
brows, regular nose and ears, an oval chin,
mail mouth and short upper lip. Maude
Branscombe has all these requirements;
hence the beautiful photos one sees of her.
Ladies many times more beautiful take very
different pictures"
@What has proved to be the most popular
of your sketchesF
II hin perhaps the one entitled TT Lit
fla lVaff1 fu M r.ounrInr M nv ond ff a -
tainly has had a very large sale. It Is esti-
mated that $50, 900 Of this picture were sold.
and it has found its way into every port Of
the world The origin of the picture Is worth
relating. l was passing through StrAndrew's
street, one OF the streets of the Seven Dials,
London, when | happened to look out Of the
hanson and caught sight of the most perfect
faco l have over met. 1 stopped the cabby
and accosted the little girl, who was as rag
ged and dirty as you can we'll imagine. She
was very shy, but l finally induced an elder
sister to come with her to my studio, where
/ photographed her in her rags, and the re-
suit was this celebrated picture. This same
child now receives a guinea an hour from
some of the leading artists Of London"
Have you ever caricatured public men to
any extentl"
Eyes, some Q; and a peculiar feature of this
branch OF the business Is the fact that they
are not averse to it so long as it Is not done
in a coarse manner. J. A Wales. the carl
caturist OF this city, spent a year with mo In
London, and made several sketches for
Vanity Fair. He has often spoken Of the
charming courtesies and hospitalities ex-
tended to him by those whose faces he was
about to caricature. Mr.. Irving expressed
his pleasure in a few happy lines when
Baxter caricatured him as Hamlet, Matthias
and Jingle"
@Did you take advantage of tho recon.
electionf'
@Yes, indeed. / watch current events
very closely. About two weeks before cleo
ton it occurred to me TO get up a photograph
expressive OF the delight and disgust Of the
hackers of the presidential candidates. The
captions employed were Il Bet on Blaine
and 4 Bet On Cleveland. Many thousands
were sold in a few days OF miscellaneous
pictures / ave produced one entitled,
There's Many a Slip 'Twixt Cup and Lip
Three old maids heads are shown on one
card The first expresses happiness at be-
ing proposed to at last. The second gives
evidence of shyness in saying yes, and the
third shows thorough disgust at being Tilted
again.
A companion picture is entitled, "A
Comedy in Three Acts" It represents three
heads Of a man The first caption Is, She
couldn't resist me- expressing a chuckle and
sly wink. The second is, She now sues me
for breach Of promise ldismay), and the
third, Verdict. 5000 damages utter col
lapse). But the picture that appeals to every
mother is one Of a lady bowling over a smil-
ing child. entitled, oh, you little rascal"
Mr.. Hegger has also "the dude set" repre-
senting how a dud spends the dry, athe bou-
doir peeps and "the leap year set" His
studio Is filed with choice copies OF all these
and many more, and is a model of unostenta-
tious elegance that bespeals refinement and
good taste.