The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-12
BRITISH sTATEsMENs FACES.
How They Present Themselves TO F. Car
Puthers Gould, Carieaturist.
From tie Westminster Gasetts.

From, tie Westminster Gazette.
The necessity for introducing into political
| carioatures and cartoons only those faces
| with which the public are absolutely familiar
| imposes what is often an irksome Limitation
| upon the artist. For instance. there are
| apparently zoo members Of Parliament who
have recently taken OF the Fiscal sop with
Mr.. Chamberlain, and yet II the cartoonist
desires to depict the Prophet Of Protection
with his faithful ones, he will find that after
he has gayly and unhesitatingly dashed in
tho familiar features Of Mr.. Henry Chaplin.
Mr.. Jesse Ceilings and Sir Howard Vincent,
he Ia confronted with the supreme diniculty
OF finding any one else whose face and form
can be made recognizable without long ana
tedious course Of instruction.
But some even Of the most prominent OF our
statesmen whose names are household words
present problems in portraiture which are
the despair OF the cartoonist. u ID not that
their faces are devoid Of snZss'iduality and
strong character; II u esther that the char
aoteriyation Is too subtle to allow OF easy
aooentuation. In these cases the oartoonist
vainly wishes that his elusive subjec would
adopt some means OF aocentuatins them
selves.
Take Mr.. John Morley. His face Is unlike
that Of any one else in the House Of Commons.
and yet over and over again as the lines travel
over the paper the likeness vanlshes with
single stroke In the wrong place. Then comes
the india rubber or the knife. and the feeting
likeness has to be tracked again. suggest
inadmissibie. and the idea OF d beard would
be monstrous; But why not an eyegiass1
The monocle is made for ths sH 9o 4 E msn
look funny II not fatuous.
have often wondered why In the old days
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tss H. rssSss Of de ss tat
never wore an eyeslass and that Lord Palmer
stqn was not always chewing stray ,Sn co,sc,en-
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Fox penn and
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. fnioted with desire for accuracy may In the
who By that time will Be. to borrow q ferIn Of
e5o be que as
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ddsd 1sS ihs iasa.
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,wn way And makes biz own iaTs;a a AT IN
aSS I'll N Mr. a Ian rs r ri
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,tssr thsn lttis Randy. Slthossh e 4 mere
hort, aid his mIstacSs was not Black;
Lord Roscbery. again, Is a stumbling block.
md coat oaItooni.ts many despariiins hour
How much easier IL would be II his lordship |
would only adopt not only the eye glsssi but
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sss one nSs s9 urn Turn eps Up 'S On each SIDE
M. WinstSa 6SSroSili is another politician
interest, for Is reason that he may one day
a. e. ana ssN Re only had h WHICH
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Between s pt tie az L Lord Randolph Churchill
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q seem nov snd ssor tSae
hnrohIll's face g, from TIE carIcaturlsts
.hioh I mean that the more YOU try to get 4
no more ySa aoss IT, and the Likeness sh when nsn
Ths conclusion Of the matter, from tho
olitioM oafieaturist's point Of view. is that
nat fs should accentunte his personality so
nat be may be chosen. ae being easy to rep
ssent rather than avoided as being difficult. |
he methods Of this aocentuAtion may vary, |
nd the suggestions have yentured TO put
'rward are modest and simple. although
ssire to be spared trouble In getting like
ssses. Their impertinence do not attempt
deny, for II Q political carioaturist cannot
} impertinent, who can bef