Francis Carruthers Gould
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Sir Francis Carruthers Gould (2 December 1844 – 1925) was a British
Biography
Gould was the son of Richard Davie Gould (c. 1816-1900), a Barnstaple architect, and his wife Judith Carruthers (née Ford). Although in early youth he showed great love of drawing, he began life in a bank and then joined the
Among his independent publications are Who killed Cock Robin? (1897), Tales told in the Zoo (1900), two volumes of Froissart's Modern Chronicles (1902 and 1903), and Picture Politics — a periodical reprint of his Westminster Gazette cartoons, one of the most noteworthy implements of political warfare in the armoury of the Liberal Party.[2] With Sir Wilfrid Lawson he published Cartoons in Rhyme and Line (1905).
Frequently grafting his ideas onto subjects taken freely from
Carruthers Gould was responsible for designing eleven (11)
His eldest son, Alexander, became a noted artist.
Bibliography
- Geake, Charles, and F. Carruthers Gould (2010) ISBN 978-1-904808-51-0
- Munro, H. H. (Saki). (1902) The Westminster Alice. Illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould. London: Westminster Gazette.
- Scully, Richard. (2018) Eminent Victorian Cartoonists, Volume III: Heirs and Successors. London: Political Cartoon Society.
References
- ^ "GOULD, Sir Francis Carruthers". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 709.
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "Welcome angloboerwarmuseum.com - Hostmonster.com". angloboerwarmuseum.com. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
Sources
- "Some Men Who Made Barnstaple..." by Pauline Brain 2010 (his family and ancestry).
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gould, Sir Francis Carruthers". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 284. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
Media related to Francis Carruthers Gould at Wikimedia Commons
- F. Carruthers Gould at Library of Congress, with 14 library catalogue records
- Frances Carruthers Gould & Benjamin Stone - UK Parliament Living Heritage