A Humorous History of England, 1920
Charles William Harrison was born in Shoreditch, London, in the fourth quarter of 1860. He came from a theatrical family, and appeared on stage himself as a child. He was married and a humorous artist by the age of twenty, even taking on a thirteen-year-old pupil, Edgar B Paine.
His first published work was a comic he wrote and drew, published by a local printer. He later illustrated a series of children's books, and joined the staff of James Henderson & Sons, where he drew for Funny Folks and Scraps. He left Hendersons in 1893, joining Cassell's Saturday Journal and drawing a fortnightly page. He also contributed to Punch, St. Stephen's Review, the Daily Mail, The Sketch, The Passing Show and Pearson's Weekly, and the American magazine Judge. He illustrated the books Accidents Will Happen (1907) and A Humorous History of England (1920). In the mid '20s he drew a series of comic strip advertisements for Panshine dishwashing soap, which appeared in newspapers including the Belfast Telegraph.
He died in Hammersmith, London, in the fourth quarter of 1943.
References[]
- Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, pp. 72-73