Like many other artists whose pecuniary reward had not been commensurate with their ability,[G] he became the recipient of a pension. The kind instrumentality of a few Royal Academicians obtained for him an annual grant which had been previously enjoyed by the late George Cruikshank.
On the 8th of July, 1882, the death occurred of the famous "Phiz." At the quiet village of Hove, near Brighton, where the last few years of his life were spent, he succumbed in his sixty-seventh year to infirmity rather than old age. Almost forgotten as a man, his productions have remained in our memories, and will continue to do so as long as the works of Dickens and Lever are read and appreciated. His remains were interred at the extra-mural Cemetery, Brighton. The funeral was private, the only mourners present being the four sons of the deceased, Dr. Ambler, Mr. George Halse,[H] and Mr. Robert Harrison.
As admirers of his artistic ability we place this Memoir as a wreath upon his grave.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The following letters were addressed by the artist-humorist to his son, Mr. Walter Gr. Browne:—
Blenheim Crescent, Sept., Saturday, 3 o'clk. p.m., a.d. 1867.