Note 169 — Chapter XV

156 I estimate the number of his cartoons as nearly as possible as follows:—

1842 3 1850 37 1858 30

1843 11 1851 42 1859 21

1844 42 1852 35 1860 15

1845 43 1853 32 1861 10

1846 35 1854 34 1862 4

1847 35 1855 41 1863 3

1848 38 1856 33 1864 4

1849 37 1857 33

157 Shirley Brooks in Illustrated London News of 19th November, 1864.

158 Charles Mackay’s “Forty Years’ Recollections.”

159 “Thackeray the Humourist and the Man of Letters,” p. 12.

160 MS. Diary of the late Shirley Brooks, 1st January, 1864.

161 Died on the 18th of December, 1864, exactly within a year from the date of her son’s death.

162 Shirley Brooks in Illustrated London News of 19th November, 1864.

163 “I suggested the cut, Moses being dressed for the Fair, Johnny Russell for the Conference.” MS. Diary of the late Shirley Brooks.

164 The first time I find mention of his name is on the 22nd of March, 1864, when the late Shirley Brooks met him at a party at Mr. Ernest Hart’s, 69, Wimpole Street. Some years afterwards, he adds in a note, “Met him next at Whitby.” I first meet with his name at a Punch council, 7th November, 1864: “Dumaurier first time.”

165 Mr. Yates in Morning Star.

166 MS. Diary of Shirley Brooks: 29th October, 1864.

167 Illustrated London News, 19th November, 1864.

168 MS. Diary of Mr. Shirley Brooks.

169 Ibid.

170 H. K. Browne (“Phiz”), T. Landseer, George Cruikshank, Marcus Stone, Sir John Gilbert, and Mr. Philips, R.A., were also present.

171 The Rev. J. Reynolds Hole, author of “A Little Tour in Ireland,” to which his friend, John Leech (who accompanied him), contributed some of the most charming of his illustrations.