Punch, or The London Charivari
Punch, or The London Charivari
Volume 101, Jubilee Issue, July 18, 1891
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rk, as did later his 'Unprotected
Female.' In Volume XVI. PERCIVAL LEIGH commenced his 'Mr. PIPS,
his Diary, or, Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe in 1849,'
characteristically illustrated by RICHARD DOYLE at his graphic best.
The same year was remarkable for the appearance of LEECH's most
delightful character, the simple-minded, sport-loving, philistine
paterfamilias, Mr. BRIGGS, first met with in connection with 'The
Pleasures of Housekeeping,' though subsequently associated especially
with humorous sporting scenes.
"The frontispiece to Volume XIX., for the second half of the year 1850, was by a 'new hand,' none other than JOHN TENNIEL the 'Cartoonist' _par excellence_, whose work henceforth was to be--as happily it still is--the pride of _Mr. Punch_ and the delight of the British Public. TENNIEL's first Cartoon, 'Lord JACK the Giant-Killer,' graced _Mr. Punch's_ 499th Number, he having taken, at short notice, the place of RICHARD DOYLE, who after many years of excellent work had voluntarily wit
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