. Thackerayana;. down to posterity as an author,and, of necessity, in that charac-ter will hold his own as one of thevery greatest of English writers,his earnest ambition sought oc-cupation in the career of an art-ist, and, as must be familiar toour readers, the desire for this distinction retained its hold onhis spirit through life. As a humorous designer we must accord him a position of emi-nence, and the characteristic originality of his pencil certainlyentitles Thackeray to an honourable place in the front rank offanciful draughtsmen. The illustrations which he supplied in profusionfor the
. Thackerayana;. down to posterity as an author,and, of necessity, in that charac-ter will hold his own as one of thevery greatest of English writers,his earnest ambition sought oc-cupation in the career of an art-ist, and, as must be familiar toour readers, the desire for this distinction retained its hold onhis spirit through life. As a humorous designer we must accord him a position of emi-nence, and the characteristic originality of his pencil certainlyentitles Thackeray to an honourable place in the front rank offanciful draughtsmen. The illustrations which he supplied in profusionfor the embellishment of his own writings have acertain happy harmony with the thread of the story,which probably no other hand could have contri-buted. In the field of design, especially of thegrotesque order, his imagination was singularly fer-tile, and the little figures with which he loved toappositely point the texts of his week-day sermonsand moralities strike forcibly by their ingenuity andfelicitous THACKERAY AS AN ILLUSTRATOR. 437 Allusions to caricature-drawing are frequent throughout hisworks, and he delighted to bring the young art-amateur on hisscenes. With pencil as with pen Thackeray had the power of carryingthe mind back to the days of the early essayists, and his recon-structive skill is remarkable when he draws the picture of thetimes in which his rich fancy and his taste for antiquarian com-pleteness found the most delightful materials.
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