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| 1844 |
Edward Linley Sambourne was born
in London in 1844. As a young boy he spent hours drawing and model-making. |
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| 1860 |
At the age of 16 he enrolled in the Kensington
School of Art but found the tuition - mostly copying plaster casts - very dull and left
after a few months. He was then apprenticed to a marine engineer in Greenwich and was soon
promoted to a well-paid job in the drawing office. He continued to sketch and amuse his
friends with humorous drawings whenever he had an opportunity. |
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| 1867 |
Linley Sambourne started on his 43-year career
with Punch magazine (see Linley Sambourne's career) |
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| 1874 |
At the age of 30, Sambourne married Marion
Herapath, the daughter of a wealthy stockbroker.
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