author
Harry Furniss
1854–1925
Best known for sharp caricatures and lively comic drawings, this Irish-born British illustrator brought wit and motion to everything from magazine satire to children's fiction. His pictures for Punch and for writers such as Lewis Carroll helped shape the look of late Victorian humor.
3 Audiobooks
M. P.'s in Session: From Mr. Punch's Parliamentary Portrait Gallery
by Harry Furniss
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2
by Harry Furniss
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1
by Harry Furniss
About the author
Born in Wexford, Ireland, on March 26, 1854, Harry Furniss built his career as an illustrator and caricaturist at a time when magazines and illustrated books had enormous cultural reach. After early work in Dublin and London, he became widely known through the Illustrated London News and then through Punch, where his political and social cartoons made him a familiar name.
Furniss was admired for fast, energetic drawing and a gift for exaggeration that could be mischievous without losing clarity. Alongside his magazine work, he illustrated books by major writers, including Lewis Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno, and he also wrote and illustrated books of his own. His work ranged across caricature, literary illustration, humor, and stage-related subjects, showing how versatile Victorian illustrators often had to be.
He died in Hastings, England, on January 14, 1925. Today he is remembered both as a brilliant comic draughtsman and as one of the lively visual voices of late 19th-century British publishing.