[3] Since the above was written, strange to say, caricature appears to be showing symptoms of revival.
[4] “The Fine Arts,” by William Hazlett, p. 29.
[5] “Critical and Historical Essays,” vol. iii., p. 574.
[6] We can scarcely call the wonderful series of historical cartoons which he executed at sixteen caricatures, even in the modern sense of the word. Whatever humour they possess is neutralized by the grim irony which, even at this early period, characterized his work.
[7] “Etching and Etchers,” by Philip Gilbert Hamerton, third edition, p. 246.
[8] Thomas Hood’s “Etching Moralized,” in New Monthly Magazine, 1843, vol. lxvii. p. 4, and seq.