Frank
Bellew,
the son of a British officer, was born in India on 18th April, 1828.
After spending his youth in England
he moved to New York City in 1850.
Bellew worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for a variety of different
journals including Frank Leslie's Illustrated,
Harper's Weekly, Scribner's
Magazine, and Puck Magazine.
Bellew also published a book, The Art of
Amusing (1866).
Charles Dickens commented that: "Frank
Bellew's pencil is extraordinary. He probably originated more, of
a purely comic nature, than all the rest of the artistic brethren
put together." Drawings of Abraham Lincoln
that exaggerated his height, were particularly popular. Frank Bellew
died on 29th June, 1888.
Frank Bellew, Long Abraham a Little Longer,
Harper's
Weekly
(26th November, 1864)
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