Lot 285: Harry Furniss SIGNATURE/Closing On A Slip Of Paper Approximately 2 1/4 Inches High by 4 Inches Wide ANTIQUE ND Noted English 19th Century Artist & Illustrator

Noted English 19th Century Artist & Illustrator. SIGNATURE/CLOSING On A Slip Of Paper Approximately 2 1/4 Inches High by 4 Inches Wide. Signed In Ink: "Bilrmrun (?)/By Friend Yours/Harry Furniss."

HARRY FURNISS (1854-1925) was a British illustrator, artist, & caricaturist. He established his career on his work on the "Illustrated London News" before moving to "Punch". He also illustrated novels by Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, & Horace Leannard. Furniss wrote and illustrated twenty-nine books of his own, including "Some Victorian Men" and "Some Victorian Women" and illustrated thirty-four works by other authors, including the complete works of Charles Dickens & Thackeray. On leaving "Punch" Furniss brought out his own humorous magazine "Lika Joko", but when this failed he moved to America where he worked as a writer and actor in the fledgling film industry and where, in 1914, he pioneered the first animated cartoon film for Thomas Edison."

Mounting trace on verso/fold in center, o/w Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE.

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Very Good Condition