Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
of a
Caricaturist
By
Oliver Herford
1917
Contents
[ix] Page
William Dean Howells 3
Napoleon 4
Dante 6
Theodore Roosevelt 8
Rudyard Kipling 10
Ignace Jan Paderewski 12
Confessions of a Caricaturist 1
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Daniel Frohman 14
Charles W. Eliot 16
J. Pierpont Morgan 18
Gilbert K. Chesterton 20
Guglielmo Marconi 22
George Bernard Shaw 24
Brander Matthews 26
John S. Sargent 28
Arnold Bennett 30
Shakespeare 32[x]
William Howard Taft 34
G. K. Chesterton 36
David Belasco 38
Henrik Ibsen 40
J. Forbes-Robertson 42
John Drew 44
Israel Zangwill 46
George Bernard Shaw 48
Peter Dunne 50
Saint Paul 52
John D. Rockefeller 54
Hiram Maxim 56
George Ade 58
Christopher Columbus 60
F. W. Hohenzollern 62
Hafiz 65
Confessions of a
Caricaturist
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Must to the giver come again,
I tender now, long overtime,
This humble Crumb of grateful rhyme.
(See Frontispiece)
[4]
Napoleon
I like to draw Napoleon best
Because one hand is in his vest,
The other hand behind his back.
(For drawing hands I have no knack.)
[6]
Dante
If you should ask me, whether Dante
Drank Benedictine or Chianti,
I should reply, "I cannot say,
But I can draw him either way."
[8]
Theodore Roosevelt
The ways of Providence are odd.
If Theodore means "The Gift of God,"
Let us give thanks, at any rate,
The Gift was not a duplicate.
Dante 4
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[10]
Rudyard Kipling
I seem to see a Shining One,
With eyes that gleam, now fierce, now tender,
Through Goggles that reflect the Sun
Theodore Roosevelt 5
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"With more than Oriental Splendor";
I see him sitting on a chest
Heavy with padlocks, bolts, and cording,
Where Untold Treasures hidden rest,
Treasures of Untold Yarns he's hoarding.
Oh, Rudyard, please unlock that chest!
With hope deferred we're growing hoary;
Or was it all an empty jest
Your saying, "That's another story"?
[12]
Rudyard Kipling 6
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[14]
Daniel Frohman
I love to picture Daniel Frohman
In costume of a noble Roman.
For Dan has just the style of hair,
That Julius Cæsar used to wear.
[16]
Charles W. Eliot
And now comes Dr. Eliot stating
That Hell won't bear investigating.
It looks like Charlie's out to bust
The Great Hell-Fire Insurance Trust.
Daniel Frohman 8
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[18]
J. Pierpont Morgan
In Rome, when Morgan came to town,
They nailed the Colosseum down.
A great Collector! Once his Fad
Was Coins, but when in time he had
Collected all the coin in sight,
To Europe's Art his thoughts took flight.
But let not Europe palpitate
For fear of an Art Syndicate.
There are more Rembrandts, strange to say,
Than ever were in Rembrandt's day;
And statues "planted" in the sand
Will always equal the demand.
Charles W. Eliot 9
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[20]
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Unless I'm very much misled,
Chesterton's easier done than said.
I have not seen him, but his looks
I can imagine from his books.
J. Pierpont Morgan 10
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[22]
Guglielmo Marconi
I like Marconi best to see
Beneath a Macaroni tree
Playing that Nocturne in F Sharp
By Chopin, on a Wireless Harp.
Gilbert K. Chesterton 11
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[24]
Guglielmo Marconi 12
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[26]
Brander Matthews
I'd best beware how I make free
With Brander Matthews L. L. D.
Since Prexy Wilson's paved the way
He may be President some day.
[28]
John S. Sargent
Here's Sargent doing the Duchess X
In pink velours and pea-green checks.
"It helps," says he, "to lift your Grace
A bit above the commonplace."
Brander Matthews 14
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[30]
Arnold Bennett
'Tis very comforting to know
That every other day or so
A Book by Bennett will appear
To charm the Western Hemisphere.
I see him now, with zeal sublime,
Pounding from dawn to dinner-time
Four typewriters, with hands and feet.
When the four novels are complete,
He'll fold, and send à grande vitesse
His Quadrumanuscript to press.
John S. Sargent 15
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[32]
Shakespeare
Will Shakespeare, the Baconians say,
Was the Belasco of his day—
Others more plausibly maintain
He was the double of Hall Caine.
Arnold Bennett 16
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[34]
Shakespeare 17
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[36]
G. K. Chesterton
When Plain Folk, such as you or I,
See the Sun sinking in the sky,
We think it is the Setting Sun,
But Mr. Gilbert Chesterton
Is not so easily misled.
He calmly stands upon his head,
And upside down obtains a new
And Chestertonian point of view,
Observing thus, how from his toes
The sun creeps nearer to his nose,
He cries with wonder and delight,
"How Grand the SUNRISE is to-night!"
[38]
David Belasco
Behold Belasco in his den,
Wielding the scissors, paste and pen,
And writing with consummate skill
A play by W. De Mille.
G. K. Chesterton 19
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[40]
Henrik Ibsen
I once drew Ibsen, looking bored
Across a deep Norwegian Fjord,
And very nearly every one
Mistook him for the midnight sun.
David Belasco 20
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[42]
J. Forbes-Robertson
I'm told the Artist who aspires
To draw Forbes-Robertson requires
A Sargent's brush. Dear me! how sad!
I've lost the only one I had.
Henrik Ibsen 21
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[44]
John Drew
For Perfect Form there are but few
That can compare with Mr. Drew;
A Form most fittingly displayed
In rôles from London, tailor-made
By Messrs. Maughn, Pinero, Jones,
In quiet, gentlemanly tones.
The Nouveaux-Riches flock, day by day,
To learn from John how to display
(Without unnecessary gloom)
The manners of the drawing-room.
This possibly may be the cause
(Or one of them) why John Drew draws.
J. Forbes-Robertson 22
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[46]
Israel Zangwill
This picture though it is not much
Like Zangwill, is not void of worth
It has one true Zangwillian touch
It looks like nothing else on earth.
John Drew 23
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[48]
Israel Zangwill 24
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Peter Dunne
By the Harp
[52]
Saint Paul
It saddens me to think Saint Paul
Such lengthy letters had to scrawl.
And so to make his labor lighter
I picture him with a typewriter.
By the Harp 26
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[54]
John D. Rockefeller
Few faces interest me less
Than Rockefeller's, I confess.
'Twould vastly better suit my whim
To draw his bank account, than him.
Saint Paul 27
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[56]
Hiram Maxim
From Hiram Maxim's hair you'd think
His specialty was spilling ink—
You'd never dream he'd spilt more blood
Than any one man since the Flood.
John D. Rockefeller 28
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[58]
George Ade
Somehow I always like to think
Of Georgeade as a Summer Drink,
Sparkling and cool, with just a Tang
Of Pleasant Effervescent Slang;
A Wholesome Tonic, without question,
And Cure for Moral Indigestion.
In Summer-time, beneath the shade,
We find Refreshment in Georgeade.
And 'mid the Scorching City's roar
We drink him up and call for more.
I often wonder what the "Trade"
Buys half so precious as Georgeade.
Hiram Maxim 29
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[60]
Christopher Columbus
Columbus is an easy one
To draw, for when the picture's done,
Where is the captious critic who
Can say the likeness is not true?
George Ade 30
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[62]
F. W. Hohenzollern
In things like this I've always tried
To look upon the Brighter Side;
And when I see the Prince, I say
"The Crown's worth something anyway."
Christopher Columbus 31
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F. W. Hohenzollern 32
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Picture of O. H. and
Hafiz, the "Persian Kitten,"
by James Montgomery Flagg.
[65]
F. W. Hohenzollern 33
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Hafiz
When Hafiz saw the portrait free,
By Monty Flagg, of him and me,
He made remarks one can't repeat
In any reputable sheet.
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