William Henry Le Mesurier

Also known as William Le Mesurier
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Caricaturist and army engineer. His work 'Professor Elliot's Grand Ascent de Cheminé' (1854) shows a hairy trouserless Lieutenant R. Elliot about to climb up the chimney during an evening drinking party, benignly observed by the local police magistrate and a fellow officer of the 99th Regiment.
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Ink caricature

 
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Ink profile sketch

 
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Portrait sketch

 
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Professor Elliot's Grand Ascent de Cheminé
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References [<ExternalResource: Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888', Nedlands, WA.>, <ExternalResource: A. Hasluck (1959), 'Unwilling Emigrants', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1973), 'Royal Engineer', Sydney , NSW.>]