19TH CENTURY BRITISH CULT OF JAPAN 1888 Cartoon Satire

Description: SOURCE: British PUNCH humor/satire magazine, February 4, 1888, original, pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Illustrated by Linley Sambourne. Size 8 1/2 x 11", image shown is slightly cropped. CONDITION: very good -- age toning, clean, no handling/storage wear, paper lays flat for easy framing; unrelated text at bottom of cartoon; also backside has unrelated text with some show-through (ghosting) on the facing side, as published -- please look closely. THE JAPANESE SCHOOL AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY. "Japanese art....is the only living art in the world....In comparatively few years Japan will become the acknowledged centre and leader of the fine arts." ”Extract from Japanese lecture on Japanese art. Vide "Times," Jan 25.KEYWORDS: Frederic Leighton, John Everett Millais, John Callcott Horsley, John William Waterhouse, Japanese art, art movements.--Sambourne here satirizes Japonisme or the Cult of Japan, quoting the Times of January 25th: “Japanese Art is the only livng Art in the world. . . . In comparatively few years Japan will become the acknoqledged centre and leader of the Fine Arts” — Extract from Japanese Letters on Japanese Art. -- Millais sits in the front row, and Leighton may be the man standing at the right.Over 4,000 Punch cartoons listed for sale (store category "Punch cartoons"), combine orders and save shipping charges. Questions are always welcome. Please use 'Add to Basket' instead of 'Buy now' if buying more than one so that eBay only charges one lot of postage per order.. WHO IS THE ARTIST:Edward Linley Sambourne (4 January 1844 – 3 August 1910) was an English cartoonist and illustrator most famous for being a draughtsman for the satirical magazine Punch for more than forty years and rising to the position of "First Cartoonist" in his final decade. WHAT IS PUNCH? Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. Punch was the world's most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity -- and how the rest of the world saw the British nation. In its formative years Punch combined humors, illustration and political debate with a fresh and radical audacity. During its heyday in the late 1800s, it reflected the conservative views of the growing middle-classes and copies of it could be found in the libraries of diplomats, cabinet ministers and even royalty. In the Western world, Punch played a significant role in the development of satire. In the world of illustration, it practically revolutionized it. Over the decades as it charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable source of cartoon art, satire, but as primary source material for historians.

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