The Mind Creative March 2014
I have picked just a handful of illustrations by Frederick Woddy from
the book “Cartoon Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Men of the
Day” published in 1873.
According to The Public Domain Review, this book “is a
compilation of all the cartoon portraits that were featured in Once
a Week, a magazine originally founded as a result of a dispute
between Bradbury and Evans and Charles Dickens. Bradbury and
Evans had been Dickens’ publisher since 1844, including publishing
his magazine Household Words. In 1859, Bradbury and Evans
refused to carry an advertisement by Dickens explaining why he had
broken with Mrs. Dickens. In consequence, Dickens stopped work
on Household Words and founded a new magazine, All The Year
Round, which he decided would be editorially independent of any
publisher. Bradbury and Evans responded by founding Once A Week,
with veteran editor and abolitionist hero Samuel Lucas at the head.”
For more details about The Public Domain Review, please
visit their website: www.publicdomainreview.org
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