CARVED MY NAME
ON THE ROLL OF FAME."]

In the Almanac of 1894 two artists new to _Punch_ made their
appearance--the first, Mr. Stafford, the quondam cartoonist of "Funny
Folks;" and the other, the world-famous humorist "Caran d'Ache" (M.
Emmanuel Poiree), with a satire on the female craze of the day in
respect to M. Paderewski and his flowing locks. In November of the same
year Mr. Fred Pegram, who had for three years been one of the "Judy"
artists, made his clever appearance in _Punch_, since then several times
repeated; and with Mr. W. F. Thomas--the well-known successor of Baxter
as the delineator of Ally Sloper and his low but amusing circle--who
appeared twice in 1895, I close my list.

[Illustration: THE STAFF OF _PUNCH_ AT TABLE, 1895.

(_From a flash-light photograph, expressly taken by Van der Weyde._)

MR. A. A. BECKETT.

MR. SAMBOURNE.

SIR JOHN TENNIEL.

MR. BURNAND.

MR. ANSTEY.

MR. LUCY.

MR. E. T. REED.

MR. BERNARD PARTRIDGE.

MR. B. J. MILLIKENS'S PLACE.

MR. PHIL MAY'S PLACE.

MR. LAWRENCE BRADBURY.

MR. DU MAURIER.]

It will thus be seen that with the exception of a very few among the
earlier comic draughtsmen, and a half-a-dozen others of our own day,
_Punch_ has at one time or another engaged the pencils of all the
chief English graphic humorists of his time, and has even persuaded
notable artists of more serious turn to try their hand at comic work.

In its artistic aspect, at least, _Punch_ is more than a comic journal:
it is, and has been for more than half a century, a school of
wood-drawing, of pen and pencil draughtsmanship, and of wood-cutting of
the first rank; it is a school of art in itself. The effect of its
art-teaching has been widely felt, and on this ground alone its doings
must command interest and justify a close examination into its rise and
progress. So far, too, as one can foretell, its future is safe. Young
men are arising who are capable of carrying on its traditions and of
bearing its banner bravely and merrily aloft; and it may safely be
assumed that, just as the Royal Academy sooner or later absorbs the best
Outsiders to adorn its circle and keep its vigour green, so _Punch_ will
never lack the ablest men to don his cap and motley and shake his
jingling bells.

[Illustration: FINALE: A PROBATIONARY DRAWING (UNUSED).

(_By Linley Sambourne._)]

APPENDIX I.

SIGNATURES OF _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS.

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LIST OF AR