1873 Our Autumn holiday on the French Rivers:Sambourne took his sketch book when he
went on a rowing holiday in France with the song writer James Molloy and other friends.
When Molloy published a book on the group's adventures Sambourne's drawings were
used to illustrate it.
1874 Our holiday in the Scottish Highland: Following the success of
"French Rivers" Punch sent Sambourne and another member of staff, Arthur
a'Beckett, on a walking holiday in the Scottish Highlands. The resulting
illustrations show a great improvement in Sambourne's landscape sketches.
1880 The Water Babies:The publisher Macmillan asked Sambourne to illustrate a new
edition of Charles Kingsley's "The Water Babies".
He did not begin to work on the 100 illustrations until January 1882 and seemed hesitant
to adopt one particular style for the book. Some drawings, like this one, were in the
early, fanciful style, others were pure realism.
1884 Photographs of Roy /Drawings of Tom:By 1884 Sambourne realised how useful
photography could be to an artist. His children Roy and Maud made ideal models for the
characters Tom and Ellie in "The Water Babies".
