The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-01-13
".Punch." 1cnnicl, end Ancrica

The retirement o., Sr JoHV TENNGrr
from active service On the stlr = Panel
Il Of in~ternationRl interest. fur tIst htty
years TENSIEL has drawn fUr That famous
paper. AMI for much more than hall u
that long period ht5 wee4!y cartoons have
been Il, most important feature. At
Christmas. 1850, no was invited by Marx
LEMON TO a the place !eft vacant ~
RICHARD DOYLE. IN 1862 hs began his
weekly cartoon: and ut Chrtstinae. 1870,
h retired at the ase OF 80 years, after hay
Ing missed his weekly picture nos cyo score
times in nearly forty years.
TENSIEL began hs career on Prrch
when = Papal aggr~-ion wa the object
OF the parcr's attacks He has seen that
subject fade into oblivion. AMI has maze
his pictured comments on the poltca.
events Of half OF the busiest century the
world has yet known. When ne succeeded
IKECu as tho chief cartooui-t IA lsG2.
OR Civil Wr was going on. AMI ms
pictures reflected the opinion II England
accurately. and 90 ~unfavuIably 20 the NurtI
The Schleswl9- HoIsteln trouh.cs. the SIX
Weeks war II 1896: tne great F-anco-Cerman
wal VI lot'-tit NAA' ANNF' % ~ NFthA
the great events Of the day-the Polish
resurrection OF 1868, GuUAfDIs retire
ment, tho opening 81 TIE Sucl Cana. to
dlsestablishment Of the Irish CAuron. tho
Berlin Conference. g." IRISH agitation
from year 20 year-a4 have been criticised
condemned or praised 10y hi1 pencil. until
his cartoon came - bo looked forward 20
as showing the RCtla. condition 81 ~"
matters in which tho Bg.. la pubic happened
o. be interested. PlnCh has always been
Wing or Liberal and TENNIS o.ptrhu-
tions may be said 10 have Indicated the
common sense and conscientious view ~
tho great sober middle C.l~s Il England.
the real power in Great Britain.
For Americans TrSSuI's cartoons dur
Ing the Civil War must have porhaps tho
greatest interest. They were not Pleasant
O. those Of us who saw them AZ ITO time;
ana near the end ~ the war u" artI-t con
fcSsel his error. but they show how inR~
land viewed our contest Gar better than any
nero historical reference, nnl quite a.,
clearly rs does the Alabama incident
One OF the earliest cartoons. dated oct
IS. 1892. IL entitled ARE lINCorN's Last
Carl, or Rouge e Nolr' LINCOLN IL
playing cards with n Southcrrcr, using n
powder barrel a. a table, ana Is throwing
down the acs of spades. the pip showing a
ncgru's face. This WAS called forth by tho
first PROCLAMATION Of emancipation. In jan
uary. 1858. tho fpirts 81 WASHINGTON nnd
GEutos III. were shown. tho latter poblng
the foriner In the ribs and asking: Vel.
Mr.. W~AsuINoToS, what do you think "
your fine Republic now. EN- What dye
think? What dye think, eAf To which
WAsutNuroN's shade sail : lIlmph.'
In May OF the same yo,<. Gpropos of the
feeling over the Alabama and the Invasion
Of Mexico. TENNIrL showed rs Brother
Jonathan TICKLING the nose OF a caCSi Non.
while Keeper Punch remarked: : lie Amt
asleep. young JONATHAN, 10 you'd best
not irr.ttte him. Tho latter hall OF 1863
produced SEVERAL striking pictures from
TESSIrI. The first. on Aug. 8. dealt with
the drift riots. then olms : BBrrUs and
CEsAW. from the American edition OF
Su.KrsPEAEE;' LINCOLN IA RRUTUs In hls
tent, with a negro ghost Of Ca sAR answer
ing his question with = | am dy eh!l genius,
Massa lINK!Sa.' In September appeared
Tho Black 0onscr!ption.' drawn out BY
the proposed aiming o. the slaves In the
South a. well q. OF the blacks in the North (:
When black meets black then comes tho
eUl ~ 81 var.
The ASSURANCE Of friendship gwen 10y the
Car q tno United states produced a car
tnon entitlel Extremes Meet s In October:
while November produced a cartoon : Neu-
traity, showing John Bull reading his
paper and smoking Ais pipe. while Mrs
North ami Mrs. south attacked him. tao
first about tie Alabama, tie second about
the RAM ami the Consuls. neither ~ whicn
the South ever received.
The first half OF 1904 WAS too crowded
with Local and European matters to let
TESSIrL pay any attention 20 our war.
hui in September appeared a double-pago
cartoon, Tho American Juggernaut -
the Furies pushing a great gun over col
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