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  • 21John Collier (caricaturist) — John Collier (18 December 1708 ndash; 14 July 1786) was an English caricaturist and satirical poet known by the pseudonym of Tim Bobbin, or Timothy Bobbin. Collier styled himself as the Lancashire Hogarth. Born in Urmston, after spending some… …

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  • 22Richard Newton (caricaturist) — This short lived but brilliant 18th century caricaturist published his first caricature at thirteen. His work included definitive caricatures expressing the English prejudice of the Scots as lean and hungry opportunists. He worked for radical… …

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  • 23Melchiorre Delfico (caricaturist) — Melchiorre Delfico Baron Melchiorre De Filippis Delfico (1825 in Teramo, Italy – 22 December 1895 in Portsmouth, England) was an artist, composer, singer, conductor, writer, librettist and a master of the Neapolitan art of caricature who inspired …

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  • 24HOPKINS, Livingston (1846-1927) — caricaturist was born at Bellefontaine, Ohio, U.S.A., on 7 July 1846, the thirteenth of 14 children. His people were Methodists, and his upbringing was somewhat hard and puritanical. His father died when he was three years old, and the widow was… …

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  • 25ROWLANDSON, THOMAS —    caricaturist, born in London; studied art in Paris; gambled and lived extravagantly; led a roving life in England and Wales; displayed great versatility and strength in his artistic work, e. g. in Imitations of Modern Drawings, illustrations… …

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  • 26TÖPFFER, RUDOLF —    caricaturist and novelist of Geneva, where he founded a boarding school, and became professor of Rhetoric in the Geneva Academy; author of some charming novels, Nouvelles Genévoises, La Bibliothèque de mon Oncle, &c. (1799 1846) …

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  • 27caricature and cartoon — ▪ graphic arts Introduction       in graphic art, comically distorted drawing or likeness, done with the purpose of satirizing or ridiculing its subject. Cartoons are used today primarily for conveying political commentary and editorial opinion… …

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  • 28Caricature — A caricature is either a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness, or in literature, a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and… …

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  • 29Max Beerbohm — From The Critic 1901 Born August 24, 1872(1872 08 24) London, England Died May 20, 1956( …

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  • 30humour — /hyooh meuhr/, n., v.t., Chiefly Brit. humor. Usage. See or1. * * * I (Latin; fluid ) In early Western physiological theory, one of the four body fluids thought to determine a person s temperament and features. As hypothesized by Galen, the four… …

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