Time Travel Tuesday

Time Travel Tuesday: Harrison Cady

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Image via Rose­bud Archives.

Har­ri­son Cady was an Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor and author, best known for his com­ic strip, Peter Rab­bit. He start­ed his career as ear­ly as 1894 when his first illus­tra­tion appeared in the mag­a­zine Harper’s Young Mag­a­zine.

When Har­ri­son was 18, his father was killed in Boston. He and his moth­er moved to New York City, where he became an illus­tra­tor at the Brook­lyn Eagle news­pa­per. From there, he took on oth­er free­lanc­ing posi­tions, even­tu­al­ly being hired as a staff car­toon­ist for Life magazine.

I first saw Har­rison’s illus­tra­tions when I vis­it­ed the Library of Con­gress last year. The car­toony style (which has since been dupli­cat­ed by numer­ous illus­tra­tors) and intense detail was what drew me in. His work is light­heart­ed and fun, and I like it when he charges ani­mals insects with act­ing like humans.

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Two images above via Rose­bud Archives. (Click to see all of the details!)

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Three images above via Ani­ma­tion Resources. Again, click for detail!

And final­ly, this is the first image I saw by Har­ri­son. This com­po­si­tion, with the details and var­i­ous scenes jam-packed into it, is impressive.

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Image via Tusks Fam­i­ly.