Chapter 21

_PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1860-67.

Mr. G. du Maurier's First Drawing--The "Romantic Tenor"--Polite Satire--His Types and Creations--His Pretty Women--And Fair American--"Chang," "Don," and "Punch"--Mr. du Maurier as a _Punch_ Writer--Mr. Gordon Thompson--Mr. Stacy Marks, R.A.--Paul Gray--Sir John Millais, Bart., R.A.--Mr. Fred Barnard--First Joke Refused as "Painful"--Mr. R. T. Pritchett--Initiation by Sir John Tenniel--Fritz Eltze--His Amiable Jocularity--Mr. A. R. Fairfield--Colonel Seccombe--Fred Walker, A.R.A.--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson ("Dumb Crambo")--C. H. Bennett--Mr. W. S. Gilbert ("Bab")--His Classic Joke--G. B. Goddard--Miss Georgina Bowers--Mr. Walter Crane 503