Alfred Bryan (1852–1899) (born as Charles Grineau)
was a popular
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illustrator
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, best known for his many contributions to the
London
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-based weekly theatrical review ''
Entr'acte
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''.
Bryan's first professional sketches were published in ''The Hornsey Hornet''. He also produced sketches for ''
The London Figaro''. Bryan worked for the ''
Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
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Hi ...
'' for most of his career and was also published in periodicals such as ''
Judy'' magazine.
Walter Sickert
Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on d ...
, a contemporary art critic, described him as "the complete, trained draughtsman", praising his illustrations as "
..nfaltering in their mastery of line, their perfect style, their elegance and wit."
[Walter Sickert, ''The Complete Writings on Art'', Oxford, 2003]
Bryan was buried in
New Southgate Cemetery
New Southgate Cemetery is a 22-hectare cemetery in Brunswick Park in the London Borough of Barnet. It was established by the Colney Hatch Company in the 1850s and became the Great Northern London Cemetery, with a railway service running fr ...
, in
Barnet
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, North London.
His son was Charles William Grineau (1883–1957), an artist known for his paintings of motorcars under the pseudonyms Bryan de Grineau and John Bryan.
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Gallery
Image:W H Denny - Entr'acte.png, Typical Bryan caricature
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of the actor W. H. Denny
W. H. Denny (22 October 1853 – 31 August 1915) was an English singer and actor in comic operas, operettas and musical theatre. He is best remembered for his portrayal of baritone roles in the Savoy operas.
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as he appeared in ''The Yeomen of the Guard
''The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and His Maid'', is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 3 October 1888 and ran for 423 performances. This was the eleventh ...
''
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, Sullivan and D'Oyly Carte from the 1894 ''Entr'acte'' Annual
Image:Carl Rosa 1.png, Carl Rosa
Carl August Nicholas Rosa (22 March 184230 April 1889) was a German-born musical impresario best remembered for founding an English opera company known as the Carl Rosa Opera Company. He started his company in 1869 together with his wife, Euphro ...
from the 1888 ''Entr'acte'' Annual
Image:Charles Dickens Entr'acte.png, Charles Dickens
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from the 1893 ''Entr'acte'' Annual
Image:Mrs. Kelly.jpg, Caricature of comedian Dan Leno
George Wild Galvin (20 December 1860 – 31 October 1904), better known by the stage name Dan Leno, was a leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during the late Victorian era. He was best known, aside from his music hall ...
as a Christmas pantomime dame from 1890s
Image:W G Grace and Bobby Abel.png, Bobby Abel
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, to W. G.:-"Look here, we players intend to be sufficiently paid, as well as the so-called gentlemen
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!", 1884 ''Entr'acte Annual''
File:Oscar Wilde by Alfred Bryan.jpg, Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...
by Alfred Bryan
References
External links
Bryan
on the National Portrait Gallery website
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1852 births
1899 deaths
English illustrators