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Inga-Karin Eriksson
Attended Berghs School of communication and school of engraving at the Royal University
College of Fine Arts.
Works as an illustrator and graphic designer based in Stockholm.
Vladislav Erko.
Ukranian artist
David Frankland
Harry Furniss
Harry Furniss, the son of an English engineer, was born in Wexford, Ireland,
in 1854. Furniss worked as an artist in Ireland but in 1876 he moved to England and
found work with the Illustrated London News. Over the next eight years he developed a
reputation as an outstanding draughtsman.
In1880 Francis Burnand, the editor of Punch, invited Furniss to contribute to the magazine.
Several of his cartoons were published and in 1884 he became a member of the staff at Punch.
For the next ten years he illustrated the Essence of Parliament. He also supplied articles,
jokes, illustrations and dramatic criticisms for other sections of the magazine.
Harry Furniss always drew William Gladstone with a large collar, and although he never wore
collars like this, the public become convinced that he did. Harry Furniss was a staunch
Unionist and he was especially harsh on Irish Nationalists. One MP, Swift MacNeill, who was
portrayed as a gorilla, was so angry with that he physically assaulted Furniss. Another group of
MPs threatened him with a beating unless he ended his campaign against them.
Harry Furniss work became extremely popular with the British public and this enabled him to
tour the country giving lectures on subjects such as The Frightfulness of Humour and Humours
of Parliament. Furniss also illustrated a great number of books including those by Lewis Carroll,
Charles Dickens.
Harry Furniss left Punch in 1894 after a discovered that the magazine had sold the copyright of
one of his drawings to Pears Soap for advertising. Furniss had for a long time wanted his own
business and that year he started his own cartoon magazine, Like Joka. The magazine was not a financial success and he moved to the USA where he worked in the film industry with Thomas
Edison. In 1914 Furniss helped pioneer the animated cartoon film. Harry Furniss died in 1925.
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