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| An illustrator for Harper Brothers and caricaturist for magazines, Frank Bellew was born in India and came to New York City in 1850. In 1866, he wrote a book called The Art of Amusing.
His son, Frank P.W. Bellew, was an illustrator for Life magazine.
Source:
Glenn Opitz, editor; Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
Added note:
He was known as The Triangle, after the symbol he used to sign his work. His son, Frank P.W. Bellew (1862-1894) was know as Chip, as in Chip off the old block.
Information provided by Rich West, co-author, William Newman, a Victorian Cartoonist in London and New York.
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