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William Heath (1795 – 7 April 1840) [1] was a British artist who once described himself as a "portrait & military painter." [ 2 ] He was best known for his published engravings which included caricatures , political cartoons , and commentary on contemporary life.
William Heath Robinson (31 May 1872 – 13 September 1944) was an English cartoonist, illustrator and artist who drew whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives. [ 1 ] The earliest citation in the Oxford English Dictionary for the use of "Heath Robinson" as a noun describing any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance ...
Burking Poor Old Mrs Constitution is an 1829 satirical cartoon by the British illustrator William Heath. [1] An attack on the Catholic Emancipation measures brought in by the Duke of Wellington's Tory Government it portrays this as a murder act equivalent to those committed by the notorious killers Burke and Hare.
Cartoons were frequently used in the nineteenth century to explore current affairs and were becoming increasingly accessible during the peak of the March of Intellect. William Heath’s collection of prints published between 1825 and 1829 have become central representations of the debate. [16]
A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing caricatures. [1] List of caricaturists ... William Heath (1794–1840) William Hogarth (1697–1764) Wolo (1902 ...
In the UK in 1825 The Glasgow Looking Glass, regarded as the world's first comics magazine, was created by English satirical cartoonist William Heath. Containing the world's first comic strip, it also made it the first to use speech bubbles. Richard F. Outcault's Yellow Kid is generally credited as the first American comic strip character. [7]
Steve Bell (cartoonist) Charles H. Bennett (illustrator) ... William Haselden; William Heath (artist) William Hogarth; Martin Honeysett; Alex Hughes (cartoonist) K.
October 26, 1764: William Hogarth, British painter, illustrator, cartoonist and prototypical comics artist (A Just View of the British Stage, A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress, Marriage à-la-mode, The Four Stages of Cruelty, Industry and Idleness, Four Times of the Day, Beer Street and Gin Lane, Humours of an Election), dies at age 66.