Monday, July 24, 2006

William Newman #2

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

A very nicely drawn portrate heh !and while on the subject of Visual Art I might comment that the early 1900's was a time when an occupation as a Visual Artist or Illustrator was in demand and a thriving , prestegious livelyhood.

Anonymous said...

From Eric:

Back in the late 1970's, there was a British TV series about a police detective in Victorian London titled SERGEANT CRIBB. (It later ran on PBS stations in the U.S.) One of the episodes had to do with a murder that took place right at the time Jumbo was being shipped to America. One of the characters was "Elephant Bill," an American elephant man who was there to supervise Jumbo's transportation. (He was not portrayed in a sympathetic light.) The show's producers were clever enough never to actually show Jumbo. In those scenes where he appears, he is always just off-screen, leaving it up to the viewing audience's imaginations to visualize him. This episode was called THE LAST TRUMPET. Some of the SERGEANT CRIBB episodes are now available on DVD although not this particular one. Perhaps it will be released in the future.

Anonymous said...

Is that a scarcastic comment on the artist's ability?
U ever consider that maybe Wm. Newman actually looked that way?
U think the life of a late nineteenth century career circus man and elephant trainer was easy?
Maybe his face looked like sand paper because he was exposed to the harsh elements,not counting how many close calls he may have had with the animals,especially dangerous animals with the show.
Also you know how much sleep a circus man got back then?
Today the U.S.A is full of wimps,
not so back in the 1880's.
I think its a good drawing myself.

Anonymous said...

Yes,I read where William Newman was injured during a fracus trying to break up a fight between"Pilot"
and"Albert",in the basement of Madison Square Garden.
They had to executed April.1883, Pilot who had been the largest elephant with the Barnum&Bailey show up until Jumbo joined in 1882.
Pilot was about 10,000 lbs,and30 years old.