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Charles H. Bennett (illustrator)
Charles Henry Bennett (26 July 1828 – 2 April 1867) was a prolific Victorian era, Victorian illustrator who pioneered techniques in comic illustration. Beginnings Charles Henry Bennett was born at 3 Tavistock Row in Covent Garden on 26 July 1828 and was baptised a month later in St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden. He was the eldest of the three children of Charles and Harriet Bennett, originally from Teston in Kent. His father was a boot-maker. Nothing is known of Charles's childhood, although it is likely that he received some education, possibly at St. Clement Dane's School on nearby Stanhope Street. At the age of twenty, Charles married Elizabeth Toon, the daughter of a Shoreditch warehouseman, on Christmas Day 1848, also in St. Paul's Church. Their first son (another Charles) was born a year later and by 1851 the family was settled in Lyon's Inn in the Strand. At the time of their wedding, Charles was attempting to support his family by selling newspapers, but three years l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles H Bennett
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diogenes
Diogenes ( ; grc, Διογένης, Diogénēs ), also known as Diogenes the Cynic (, ) or Diogenes of Sinope, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism (philosophy). He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea coast of Anatolia (Asia Minor''Diogenes of Sinope'' ) in 412 or 404 BC and died at Corinth in 323 BC., Plutarch, ''Moralia'', 717c. says that he died on the same day as Alexander the Great, which puts his death at 323 BC. Diogenes Laërtius's statement that Diogenes died "nearly 90" would put his year of birth at 412 BC. But Censorinus (''De die natali'', 15.2) says that he died at age 81, which puts his year of birth at 404 BC. The Suda puts his birth at the time of the Thirty Tyrants, which also gives 404 BC. Diogenes was a controversial figure. He was allegedly banished, or fled from, Sinope for debasement of currency. He was the son of the mintmaster of Sinope, and there is some debate as to whether or not he alone had debased the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Routledge
Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, and social science. The company publishes approximately 1,800 journals and 5,000 new books each year and their backlist encompasses over 70,000 titles. Routledge is claimed to be the largest global academic publisher within humanities and social sciences. In 1998, Routledge became a subdivision and imprint of its former rival, Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), as a result of a £90-million acquisition deal from Cinven, a venture capital group which had purchased it two years previously for £25 million. Following the merger of Informa and T&F in 2004, Routledge became a publishing unit and major imprint within the Informa "academic publishing" division. Routledge is headquartered in the main T&F office in Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Somes Layard
George Somes Layard (1857–1925) was an English barrister, journalist and man of letters. He was the third son of Sarah (née Somes) and Charles Clement Layard, rector of Combe Hay in Somerset, born at Clifton, Bristol; Nina Frances Layard was his sister. He was educated at Monkton Combe School and Harrow School. Matriculating at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1876, he graduated B.A. in 1881, and was called to the bar that year at the Inner Temple, which he had joined in 1877. He married Eleanor Byng Gribble. The psychologist John Willoughby Layard was their second child. Family connections Layard was related to a number of prominent individuals through both his parents. His father was first cousin (on his father's side) of Sir Austen Henry Layard (excavator of Nineveh and Nimrud), Edgar Leopold Layard (Curator of the South African Museum at Cape Town, and Governor of Fiji), and of Lady Charlotte Guest (translator of the Mabinogion and collector of ceramics). His gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Train (magazine)
The Train may refer to: Films * ''The Train'' (1964 film), an American war film starring Burt Lancaster and Paul Scofield * ''The Train'' (1970 film), an Indian Hindi suspense film * ''The Train'' (1973 film), a Franco–Italian war film * ''The Train'' (2007 film), an Indian Hindi thriller * ''The Train'' (2011 film), an Indian Malayalam thriller Games * '' The Train: Escape to Normandy'', a 1988 action video game based on the 1964 film (see above) * ''The Train Game'', a 1983 train simulation video game Literature * "The Train" (short story), a 1947 story by Flannery O'Connor * ''The Train'' (Russian: ''Sputniki'', Fellow Travellers), novel by Vera Panova Music * "The Train" (song), a song by OutKast * "The Train", a song by Ray Charles, the B-side of "Let's Go Get Stoned" * "The Train", a song by Frankie Miller from '' Double Trouble'' * "The Train", a song by Irving Berlin * "The Train", a 1969 song by 1910 Fruitgum Company * "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)", a song by Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Penny Illustrated Paper
The ''Penny Illustrated Paper'' was a cheap ( 1d.) illustrated London weekly newspaper that ran from 1861 to 1913. Premises Illustrated weekly newspapers had been pioneered by the ''Illustrated London News'' (published from 1842, costing fivepence): its imitators included the ''Pictorial Times'' (1843–48), and – after the 1855 repeal of the Stamp Act – the ''Illustrated Times''. With the abolition of paper duty in 1861 it was possible to envisage an even cheaper mass-circulation illustrated weekly. History The first issue, 12 October 1861, announced itself confidently under the masthead "PENNY ILLUSTRATED PAPER: With All the News of the Week": "A new era opens upon the people. In producing a paper for the million, let us plainly say, we want be esteemed the friend of the people ... A new era is opened to us by the Repeal of the Paper Dutie The paper was apparently initially the charge of Ebenezer Farringtonbr>but the wife and sons of the recently deceased Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Puppet Show
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The London Journal
''The London Journal; and Weekly Record of Literature, Science and Art'' (published from 1845 to 1928) was a British penny dreadful, penny fiction weekly, one of the best-selling magazines of the nineteenth century. It was established by George Stiff, published by George Vickers and initially written and edited by George W. M. Reynolds. After Reynolds left to found his own ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' in 1846, John Wilson Ross became editor. In the mid-1850s the magazine's circulation was over 500,000. Herbert Ingram, in secret partnership with ''Punch (magazine), Punch''s owners Bradbury and Evans, bought the magazine in 1857, and ''Punch''s editor Mark Lemon was placed in editorial charge. Lemon's attempt to rebrand the magazine, serializing novels by Walter Scott, was a commercial failure. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punchinello
''Punchinello'' was a short-lived American satirical magazine. Inspired by the English publication ''Punch'', it ran in weekly editions from 2 April 1870 to 24 December 1870. History The magazine was founded by former editors of '' Vanity Fair'', which went out of business in 1863. They found four investors willing to provide $5000 each—though they did not disclose that those four were robber baron Jay Gould, financial buccaneer Jim Fisk, and corrupt politicians Boss Tweed and Peter B. Sweeny. It ceased publication within a year. The magazine's main illustrator was Henry Louis Stephens, who produced a full-page cartoon every week. Other sections included theater reviews, correspondence (real or fictional) from Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago, and essays on foreign affairs. According to historian of periodicals Frank Luther Mott, "in format as in name, it was an imitator of the London ''Punch''." However Mott stipulated that, unlike its antecedent, "''Punchinello'' was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punch (magazine)
''Punch, or The London Charivari'' was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term " cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. From 1850, John Tenniel was the chief cartoon artist at the magazine for over 50 years. After the 1940s, when its circulation peaked, it went into a long decline, closing in 1992. It was revived in 1996, but closed again in 2002. History ''Punch'' was founded on 17 July 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells, on an initial investment of £25. It was jointly edited by Mayhew and Mark Lemon. It was subtitled ''The London Charivari'' in homage to Charles Philipon's French satirical humour magazine ''Le Charivari''. Reflecting their satiric and humorous intent, the two editors took for their name and masthead the anarchic glove puppet, Mr. Punch, of Punc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Society
''London Society'' was a Victorian era illustrated monthly periodical, subtitled "an illustrated magazine of light and amusing literature for the hours of relaxation". It was published between 1862 and 1898 by W. Clowes and Sons, London. The magazine published miscellaneous articles, short fiction (mostly anonymous), and serialized novels. ''The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction'' called it "an inferior imitator of Smith's '' Cornhill''". Literary contributors included Charlotte Riddell, whose novels ''Above Suspicion'' (1874) and ''The Senior Partner'' (1881-2) were serialized; Florence Marryat (''Open Sesame''); and a pre-Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle. Illustrators included Mary Ellen Edwards, Randolph Caldecott, Harry Furniss, F. A. Fraser, and George Cruikshank. References * Cooke, Simon. ''Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s''. Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 2010 External links ''London Society''index at The Online Books Page The Onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illustrated Times
''The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper'' was a British newspaper and rival to ''The Illustrated London News'' published between 1855 and 1872. The publisher was the Fleet Street bookseller David Bogue and the editor was Henry Vizetelly. Origins Henry Vizetelly had been part of the campaign in the 1850s for the repeal of the Stamp Act. Believing that success was imminent, he conceived of the idea of bringing out a cheap popular illustrated paper to compete with the near monopoly of Herbert Ingram's ''Illustrated London News'' with himself as editor. All the plans were laid accordingly; but the passing of the repeal bill was unexpectedly delayed. Vizetelly decided upon a bold course. His advertisements had been issued, and he did not wish to break faith with the public. Accordingly, on the day appointed (9 June 1855), the first number of the new paper duly appeared. For weeks it continued to be published without the stamp. The authorities barked loudly, but they did not bite. Vize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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