George Belcher
British caricaturist
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George Belcher was a British caricaturist known for his work with the humor magazine Punch. He was part of a generation of artists whose styles were well-suited to new photomechanical reproduction processes. Belcher's distinctive crumbly charcoal or crayon strokes were perfectly adapted to these new methods. His contributions to Punch reflected the magazine's tradition of humorous social commentary, often capturing the foibles of various social classes.1
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