Comments on: Stars of Political Cartooning – John “HB” Doyle

By: No True Scotsman | Sibling of Daedalus

No True Scotsman | Sibling of Daedalus — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:06:42 +0000

[...] Arthur’s grandfather was John Doyle, who started life as an equestrian painter and moved on to cartoons. Here’s one of the [...]

By: Pam

Pam — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:47:09 +0000

I have ten original prints of Doyle’s cartoons about the 1832 Reform Bill and am wondering if they have any value?

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:17:41 +0000

I’ve just bought two of his political cartoons, one of O’Connell as the Darranane[sic] conjuror, the other very beautiful, but mysterious to me. I didn’t have a clue as to who HB was but bought on the strength of quality and Irish subject matter. I might go bakc and buy a few more.

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Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:42:20 +0000

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By: Larry Bush

Larry Bush — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:38:41 +0000

I went to the jump page to look at some of Doyle’s other works. He was quite a draftsman. It is easy to see that he had classical training. I think that that draftsmanship is missing from cartoons now because of frequency demands. However, Steve Sack of Minneapolis draws some pretty elaborate stuff.

By: Jeremy Cresswell

Jeremy Cresswell — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:03:13 +0000

2 of H.B.’s sons were cartoonists in thier own right and both worked on ‘Punch’. Henry Edward Doyle (1827-92) was an engraver for Punch, a cartoonist for Fun and the commisioner for the Papal States to the great London exibition of 1862. Richard ‘Dicky’ Doyle (1824-83) Was a cartoonist for ‘Punch’ until he resigned in 1850 for Its anti-Papal policy (as Brian mentioned in his bio of Tenniel). As Irish and Catholic were synonymous in 19th C England hostility towards the Catholics/Irish at the height of the potato famine would be a justifyable reason for an Irish-Catholic cartoonist to quit Punch.
P.S. A totally useless fact is that all the Doyles from H.B down to Arthur Ignatius Conan believed in fairies!