Tom Browne (1870 - 1910) - Thomas Arthur Browne was an extremely popular English strip cartoonist, painter and illustrator of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods.
Comic Cuts, a British comic book founded by Alfred Harmsworth in 1890, proved to be the ideal medium for Browne's bold drawing style.
Browne's comic strips soon became so popular that he moved to London and into a studio in Wollaton House at Westcombe Park. His cartoons appeared in Punch, The Tatler and other highly rated periodicals of the day as well as on early postcards like The Camp Barber.
Among Browne’s cartoon series appearing on postcards is the delightful humorous series showing the trials and tribulations of Mr and Mrs Caudle - see PC_Browne_0001 et seq below.
Browne’s other cartoons include a series of illustrations showing episodes in Jerome K Jerome’s classic novel “Three Men in a Boat” - see PC_Browne_0022 et seq below - as well as offering commentary on family life, sports and other social activities of his time.
However, Browne also produced sketches of castles and cathedrals that were used on postcards and display his artisitic ability.
The logo of Johnnie Walker whisky, the strutting, monocled character, was created by Browne in 1908.
Browne died after surgery for cancer at the age of 39.
An interesting tribute to Tom Browne as comic artist can be found here.
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