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Linley Sambourne
Like many artists, Linley Sambourne
used photography to replace the need for life drawings. Sambourne took many of his
photographs in the back garden of 18 Stafford Terrace using his family and servants as
models. The examples below show how he used the photographs as the basis for his
illustrations. |
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1888-1889
Marion posing: Marion disliked like posing for photographs. She regarded her husband's
photographic sessions as a nuisance, as they interfered with her daily housekeeping
regime. |
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1888
Nude Model: Most artists employed models. Sambourne's friend Edwin Austen
Abbey, who lived nearby, shared his model with Sambourne.
This was useful when he needed a nude figure in his drawings, but nude photography soon
became his hobby. |
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1894
A Political Conference: Here Sambourne's coachman Otley is posing as the Emperor
Nero, while Sambourne himself poses as Nero's friend. The two photographs were used
as the basis for the Punch cartoon A Political Conference. |
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1901
Draped model: Sambourne took
these photographs at the Camera Club which he joined in 1893. They were used as
the basis for an illustration in Punch's Almanack. Sambourne enjoyed the opportunity to
produce elaborate drawings after years of working on weekly cartoons. |
