GOULD

gould, sir francis carruthers (1844- ), english caricaturist and politician, was born in barnstaple on the 2nd of december 1844. although in early youth he showed great love of drawing, he began life in a bank and then joined the london stock exchange, where he constantly sketched the members and illustrated important events in the financial world; many of these drawings were reproduced by lithography and published for private circulation. in 1879 he began the regular illustration of the christmas numbers of _truth_, and in 1887 he became a contributor to the _pall mall gazette_, transferring his allegiance to the _westminster gazette_ on its foundation and subsequently acting as assistant editor. among his independent publications are _who killed cock robin?_ (1897), _tales told in the zoo_ (1900), two volumes of _froissart's modern chronicles, told and pictured by f. c. gould_ (1902 and 1903), and _picture politics_--a periodical reprint of his _westminster gazette_ cartoons, one of the most noteworthy implements of political warfare in the armoury of the liberal party. frequently grafting his ideas on to subjects taken freely from _uncle remus_, _alice in wonderland_, and the works of dickens and shakespeare, sir f. c. gould used these literary vehicles with extraordinary dexterity and point, but with a satire that was not unkind and with a vigour from which bitterness, virulence and cynicism were notably absent. he was knighted in 1906.