Charles H. Bennett (illustrator)

Charles H. Bennett (illustrator)

Charles Henry Bennett (London, 1828–2 April 1867) was a prolific Victorian illustrator who pioneered techniques in comic illustration. He wrote illustrated stories and illustrated many children's books including his own version of Aesop's Fables "translated into Human Nature". His work also appeared in Punch and other comic magazines and newspapers. He died in poverty at the age of 37. A benefit given at London's Adelphi Theatre for his widow and children shortly after his death was the occasion for the first public performance of Cox and Box.[1]

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Bibliography

  • Papernose Woodensconce. 1854
  • The Fables of Aesop and Others, Translated into Human Nature. W. Kent & Co., 1857.
  • The Faithless Parrot, Routledge, 1858.
  • The sad history of Greedy Jem and all his little brothers, 1858.
  • The Nine Lives of a Cat, Griffith and Farran, 1860[2]
  • Mr. Wind and Madame Rain, 1864.
  • "Hair-Dressing by Electricity". Punch, 1866.
  • The origin of species, dedicated by natural selection to Dr. Charles Darwin (caricatures series, included in Character Sketches and Development Drawings, 1872)[3]
  • Aesop's Fables and Others, Designed and Drawn on Wood by Charles H. Bennett, with Additional Fables Designed and Drawn by Randolph Caldecott. London: Bracken Books, 1986.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "Amateur Performance for the Late Mr. C. H. Bennett", The Musical World, 18 May 1867, p. 818
  2. ^ Can be viewed online at the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature in the Department of Special Collections and Area Studies, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
  3. ^ Can be viewed online at Mary Evans Picture Library

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