Chapter 7

CARTOONS--CARTOONISTS AND THEIR WORK.

The Cartoon takes Shape--"The Parish Councils Cockatoo"--Cartoonists and their Relative Achievements--John Leech's First--Rapidity in Design--"General Février turned Traitor"--"The United Service"--Sir John Tenniel's Animal Types--"The British Lion Smells a Rat"--The Indian Mutiny--A Cartoon of Vengeance--_Punch_ and Cousin Jonathan--"Ave Cæsar!"--The Franco-Prussian War--The Russo-Turkish War--"The Political 'Mrs. Gummidge'"--"Dropping the Pilot," its Origin and Present Ownership--"Forlorn Hope"--"The Old Crusaders"--Troubles of the Cartoonist--The Obituary Cartoon 168