Herbert Sydney Foxwell (1890-1943) was born in Camberwell, London, on 20th April 1890. Foxwell studied fine art at The Addey & Stanhope College of Science, Art and Technology in Deptford.
Working for Amalgamated Press (AP), his work appeared in 'The Favourite Comic', 'Comic Cuts', 'The Rainbow', 'Playbox', 'Puck', 'Children's Fairy', 'Bubbles', 'Tiger Tim's Tales', and for The Daily Mail. He was particularly well-known and admired for his anthropomorphic work, the creation of animal characters with human traits, the most popular being Tiger Tim.
Bubbles Comic (and the Children's Fairy) was aimed at young children, a weekly comic which first appeared on 16th April 1921, starring 'Bubbles, The Boy Clown and His Performing Pets' on the cover. 'Bubbles Comic' was formerly 'The Sunday Fairy', published in 1919, then the first religious comic, soon changing its name to 'The Children's Fairy'.
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Glasgow and the Mackintosh Style
We recently took ourselves off to Scotland, and on our travels, we popped into the Mackintosh Tea Rooms in Glasgow for a bit of a nose around and a spot of lunch.
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A Trip to Edinburgh & Glasgow, and Scottish Art
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