David Henry Souter b. 30 March 1862

Also known as Whitstocke, D. H. Souter
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Popular Scottish-born Federation period Sydney painter, cartoonist, poet and journalist, noted for his stylish cat cartoons.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 17453/1935’.

  • (June 1997), 'AGWA cartoon printout’, Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia, Information from Janda Gooding.

  • (1907), 'NSW Society of Artists’, Sydney, NSW : NSW Society of Artists, includes short jokey biography.

  • Souter, D. H. (1933), 'Australian Bush-Babs with Pictures’.

  • Souter, D. H. (1915), 'War Cartoons’.

  • Souter, D. H. (1899), 'Bubbles, His Book’.

  • Mills, Carol (1986), 'Illustrators: D.H. Souter’, Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors (Canberra University Library), 1986, 16-27, includes comprehensive list of the books he illustrated.

  • Cook, David (1986), 'Picture postcards in Australia 1898-1920’, Lilydale, Vic : Pioneer Design Studio.

  • Caban, Geoffrey; & Kenneally, Catherine (1987), 'The black and white tradition’, Emu Plains, NSW : Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery (Lewers Gallery b/w catalogue had 2 originals, p.c.).

  • Edwards, Deborah; & De Torres, Alisa (1991), 'Australian decorative arts’, Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales.

  • Holden, Robert (1988), 'Souter’s cats : a selection’, North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson.

  • Kirkpatrick, Peter (1992), 'The sea coast of Bohemia : literary life in Sydney’s roaring twenties’, St Lucia, Qld : University of Queensland Press ; Portland, Or, USA : International Specialized Book Services [distributor].

  • Lindesay, Vane (1990), 'Souter, David Henry (1862 – 1935)’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, Melbourne University Press, pp 21-22.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The inked-in image : a social and historical survey of Australian comic art’, Richmond, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (new edition).

  • Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'Drawing from life : a history of the Australian Black and White Artists’ Club’, Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales Press.

  • Rafty, Tony; with Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning’, Sydney, NSW : Blaxland Gallery.

  • Rolfe, Patricia (1979), 'The journalistic javelin : an illustrated history of the Bulletin’, Sydney, NSW : Wildcat Press ; Gladesville, NSW : distributed by Golden Press.

  • Taylor, George (1902), 'The Spirit of Caricature in the Commonwealth : with incidental remarks on Australian “Black and White”’, Commonwealth Annual 2 (1902-3), pp 31-42.

  • (1901), AAA, 11-30.

  • Deamer, Dulcie; (Kirkpatrick, Peter ed.) (1998), 'The queen of Bohemia : the autobiography of Dulcie Deamer : being “The golden decade”’, St. Lucia, Qld : University of Queensland Press.

  • Information sourced from Judd, Craig.

See also

  • 'Photograph in Taylor, 39.'.
  • 'Will Dyson, caricature of Souter smoking a pipe with a cat coming out of it, published in 1907 Society of Artists' catalogue, 29 (original unlocated), annotated.'.
  • 'Mick Paul, caricature of Souter as one of his cats, Lone Hand July 1907, 280.'.
  • 'David Low, 'Norman Lindsay and Souter Swop Models: Souter gets a Low deal here, the bear getting off with his cat' (appeared in Lone Hand sans caption 1 April 1914, 318, republished Bulletin 1956: original unlocated).'.
  • 'D.H. Souter, 'Drawing on his imagination' (self portrait with muse), Smith's Weekly 1931 (original Norman Lindsay Gallery, National Trust NSW).'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists