| Description: | Abstract: Born near Leeds in 1864 and orphaned at the age of nine, he endured several years of poverty. He moved from one job to another and ended up begging on the streets. He was a talented artist and discovered he could make a living by drawing stage celebrities and selling the pictures to theatre fans, which earned him employment as a cartoonist. Between 1885 and 1903 he worked for the Sydney Bulletin, did some book illustrating, was employed by the Graphic, and began contributing cartoons to Punch. A heavy drinker, coupled with his early poverty caused him serious health problems. He died in 1903 from a wasting disease at age thirty-nine. |
