Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-27
SIR JOHN TENNIEL. DEAN OF
WORLDS CREATES POLITICAL
CAKTONIST>. DIES IN LONDON
AT AGE OF -.
KNIGHTED BY VICTORIA
lie SIENT FIFTY YEARS. WITH
SCARCELY 4 HOLIDAY. AS 'Ni.
TONl>T FOR PINCH HAD KEEN
POLITICAL FORESIGHT.
By isvociafcd PrcSSl.

AZ the worlds leading cdt llhi>t>. died
here YESTERDAY.
Sir John Icnnici was the famous Eng
li>h cartnuui>l who - mrrcilc>>lv earl
rltnrcl Abraham Lincoln during the
civil War. IL Was The dcan ~ ne worlds
great political c~artpnni>t>.
Trnuirl held the record for contiml-
uuS service. Fifty years were spent with
scarcely = holiday. n, c%arttoui>t for Lon
dion Punch. Ills pencil pleased millions.
lie set the principe uf the political ear
Iuou - firmly that II has been adopted
ihe world over. liz keen political fore
~inshi was worked ont iu more than
..Hn0 >krtrhc,. tU0rhiHg upon. and per
hip~ dc.idiug the great world events
during The last half uf The 18th century.
Queen Victoria received the famous ear
tuoui~i and in l>Ti knightcl him for hi>
services a. his country.
Ills fir,l great achievement ~ an II
illustrator was i'll his Youth when H. ~
uratit,ly stepped into the h."lrtS #
hildrn uf ull national aS an illu-tri
tGr uT "Ac>up'> Fables and won ctcn
more Fame N, ihr original illustrator ~
Lewis C,rrnll'> "Nlicr ia Wonderland"
Nd they suppose there il ANYTHING
'uruy about me- was his answer "a the
lflcr tn Join Punch in 1851. llr had Iu>t
>hmiitrtl his d,~i i'm for frc~cnc> I'D ID"
palace of Westminster. IN WAS with re-
luctancc thai hc gave NJ hi~ ambition a.
hr 4 greet painter aHd accepted the "
fer Itn>kin uurr said that the %clrtuoniSt
might have wen rruoWn a. Il painter.
and 1dlri: "Tcunirl has much 40 the
SYMBOLIC mystery ~ imagination which
hclugci to the great leaders cf classic
arr
Tcnuicl was \ wizard In Processing
political events. ~ and his associates
would gather on "Wednesday, and Ills
'u>S The subject uf INV cartnol fur thr
IcNt weeks issue. Tins the, had tn inriGr
/ week III adtaic, MIA; Wl~ tu uc The
m'tnmr ri current political troubles. "
all his century uf >irNc. Tcnnicl. III H.
,.tii, matte lint one false prophecy.
II was during Che rebellion W Sudan
General Gordon and his army were ~
-ireod in khlrtHm A British army was
marching tu tine rr>rlr. The next issue
W Punch bowed TrnuicI'> cartoon pie
turing Gordon cli>ning The l1ld VI thp
relieving general with The arm. III d.
lief il M, h~lrkarruud. The title read.
~ Last. m" Journal was w .,rit 0u
'hr rcv>>iand> when word camc that
hharium had fallen. AMI Gordon AMI his
garrison mas. Hrrri.
Americans viii remember the furorr
-rc,icd hN Truuicl during the Mason me
~iidcl, affair in ISL when The I-nitcd
Sfric~ was forced IN the interest of peace
~ give WAY to England. Mason and Sli
irll appointed ~ thc Confederate 20,
eminent in represent IL in fugl"nu and
France were seized on board an English
mail steamer by Captain Wilkr~ of The
United STATES >lopp San .Iarinto and
Great Britain forthwith demanded thc.r
release.
Punch clnatcd over the episode. and
TCuuici pictured Lincoln in u c.rttun N.
a cron m y tree. Beneath stood John
Bull with 4 Gun The legend ran:
Coon: Are Won ~ earnest. lionel
John Bull: u ann"
Coon Don't fire. I'll come down
On Iincoln'S death Tcnnicl'S bitter
against him disappeared. IIi> cartoon
pictured Britannia iu sorrow LAYING u
wreath upon the martyrc Americans
bier with Shirlov Brooks iircs:
Won LAW "A wreath un murdered Lin
coins bier.
N"l who with mocking pencil want tn
trace
Br1rl fer the self cumrlacrnt British
>ucrr
~ length and >hamL.ing lin hi~ fur
rnwc-l face"
Sir john was n t'pir.l old wd III een
tirm1H born i'm London i'm l>an. During
the latter part W. his life h. hrcar" total
N blind. Even dnting hi >rrvic' u T.
N h-i The u~r MI hut onc eve. The other
ru~ lu~i during his NuHth when fencing
Hr bore III afflictiuu rhif
nSophirally. ~ referring ii II wv one ~
-a>ion b. remarked IL y cuiinuS thing
isn't VI. that two III the principal men nf
Punch I'm Maurinr tluthnr nf Trlhv1
and ! hive only two ewes between uS.'
Tho political leaders. artists and let
trrattcur> in London vii gather about
The bier ut the venerable patriarch ~ pay
tribute ~ his genius. N H. probable thar
4 memorial exhibition viii ~ given of
hi> most celebrated sketches.