Bennett was
capable of inventive, lively and highly detailed work in a comic tradition
at a time when Du Maurier's figure drawing style seemed to be prevailing.
Here are
some examples of Bennett's work:
01 Punch March 11th 1865 p.97: and an ambitious decorative initial with
some ingenious sequences, well up to the early standard of Initials set
by Tenniel in the early years of the magazine.
02 An amusing
satire on idiotic and useless policmen, some realised as moles. Punch
April 22nd 1865 p.157
03 The Derby
Horseshoe Magnet
04 Punch
April 29th 1865 p. 169
05 A Prophet
in his Own Country, the discrepancy between weather forecast (here the
caption) and the actuality (the picture). Punch February 24th 1866, p.75,
by Charles Bennett. |