The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-28

s.ah1 Fopery. who is armed with CARDINAL.
nat ana erozier. Jack has ..s7vord ~
Sharpness" labeled "Act of Parliament "
Gnu looks very determined indeed. The
nrst double-page cartoon q roarvs,onsIr
eiaoorate drawing of all the world and his
~, ae AocKing to the great Industrial exhihi-
TO. ZION under Paxton's glass house annaars in
same volume month or so later in
10y, iool 1t would be impossible Ia mem
on WITHIN the limits of this paner gwen
a. az approximate number of the many
.. Tils that Tenniel has scored From
pa, e bratish Lions Vengeance on the
s.nre sat Tiger Sindian mutiny, 1857 TO
Iopping the Pilot" bismarck resigna-
non. non 1881, cartoon OF almost Yesterday
ne original drawing Of which
was purchased by Lord Poseberrv
anu presented to Prince Bismarck
himself, whose criticism on il was
mat u was indeed q good one"-there is
NOT volume but shows several of these
masterpieces, and they will ever sn..ax for
themselves. TennieI, like all strongly
original men. created a style of his own
on winch he stands alone, and OF which.
allhough often p!agiarized and initiated
ne remains the master,
Difncultles in the production of cartoons
sometimes arise in the impossibilities of
loretelling what not dav oriy Init a weeE
may bring forth. In December. ISL. when
ms royal highness the Prince of Wales. To
the profound sorrow of the entire nation.
novered between life and death, Tenniei
drew two cartoons TO be used as events
might dictate. To the intense relief and
JOY OF all, the one that was issued was
called suspense, with some beautiful
verses entitled, Queen, People and
Princess; Three Hearts in One:'" while
the other, grief-stricken figure of Britain
MA, lay almost forgotten in the en-
graver's bureau, but was remembered and
had unhappIly occasion to appear thirteen
years later, on the 5th of April. 1884. TO
note the sudden loss of his royal highness
the Duke OF Albany. Punch is not infalli-
pie. Inc most serious slip ever made in the
coeksure" line was cartoon appearing
On February !, 1885, representing the la
mented General Gordon shaking
hands with General Sir Herbert
Stewart, who himself lay stiff and
cold after glorious action, inside
the fated city of khartoum. When
the number appeared (although at the
moment unconfirmed) Gordon himself had
been butchered by the Mahdi's fanatics;
and another whole week had TO elapse be-
fore 1t could be corrected by q cartoon of
baffied Britannia with the heading TOO
Late" l well remember being inside a
picture gallery in Bond street with the
editor, and hearing newsboys shouting
without, the editor turned to me and
smilingly said: ''All right, its for our
cut; there they're shouting, The Fall of
Khartoum. When We got out our faces
fell on finding the boot was on the other
leg with vengeance.
Tenniers cartoons are entirely chic
work, for beyond a few photographs for
portraits when he does not happen TO
have seen the original of any sub
ject he is drawing, he never uses
models at all His subjects for car
toons are always written down by the
editor after post-prandial council with the
staff, and drawn, whether a double or a
single page. or the work full or slight. in q
day and half's time. Some little oddities
spring up occasionally, often by chance,
which, once established, have sort of
vested interest. and are perpetuated till at
last the public won't believe in picture
without them-such as giving the late
Lord Palmerston bit of straw in his
mouth, or to the late John Bright an eye
glass, both of which appendages are de-
cidedly pictorial libels.