Artist · United Kingdom
“Japan Punch”
Charles Wirgman.
United Kingdom, 1832 to 1891
Charles Wirgman (31 August 1832 to 8 February 1891) was an English artist, caricaturist and editorial cartoonist, the creator of the Japan Punch and illustrator in China and Meiji period-Japan for the Illustrated London News. Wirgman was the eldest son of Ferdinand Charles Wirgman (1806 to 1857) and brother of Theodore Blake Wirgman. He married Ozawa Kane in 1863, and the couple had one son.
Biodata
- Born
- 1832, London
- Died
- 1891, Yokohama
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Active
- 1862
- Work
- comics artist, illustrator, caricaturist
Charles Wirgman, in numbers
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