G. B.

Also known as George Benson, G. R.
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Federation-era cartoonist. Possibly either the young Melbourne cartoonist George Benson or the 1880s New Zealand cartoonist "G.B." a.k.a. "G.R."
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cartoonist, initialled Society’s Grim Shadow for War Cry , which was reproduced in Tocsin on 28 June 1900, 5. It shows a woman, 'Luxury’, creating a shadow, 'Want’. There is some speculation that the artist was the Melburnian George Benson (b.1886).

Benson, however, was too young to be the 'G.B.’ who initialled the cartoon Trying to Raise a Flame , published in New Zealand Punch in 1880 (ill. Grant, p.28 as 'G.R.’). The latter, done in a very traditional London Punch caricature style showing 'Betsy Bryce’, a bearded politician in women’s dress, and Mr Punch together in a cooking pot labelled 'Taranaki’, was undoubtedly by a NZ cartoonist.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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References [<ExternalResource: (1900), Melbourne, Vic : Tocsin, 06-28, p 5.>, <ExternalResource: Grant, Ian F. (1980), 'The unauthorized version : a cartoon history of New Zealand', Auckland, NZ : Cassell, p.28.>, <ExternalResource: (1880), New Zealand Punch.>]