Jack Morrow
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John Cassell Morrow (b. Belfast, 26 February 1872, d. Dublin, 11 January 1926) was a political cartoonist, illustrator and landscape painter. He was the son of a painter and decorator from Clifton Street, west Belfast. Of his seven brothers, four, Albert
(1863–1927), George
(1869–1955), Edwin (1877–1952) and Norman (1879–1917), were also cartoonists and illustrators.
His cartoons, shown through a magic lantern
, were an early attraction at Bulmer Hobson
's Dungannon Club in 1905, and he also contributed cartoons to Hobson's separatist magazine The Republic. His paintings appeared in many exhibitions, and were reproduced in the Irish Review. For a time he taught at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. He returned to political cartooning in 1917, but in 1919 was imprisoned in Mountjoy Jail for unauthorised possession of confidential government documents.
He was associated with The Craftworkers Ltd, a Dublin co-operative engaged in church decoration, and he and Albert Power designed the mosaic panels and the renovation of the altar and chancel walls at St. Catherine's Church
. He died in Dublin.
Albert Morrow
Albert George Morrow was an illustrator, poster designer and cartoonist. He was the son of a painter and decorator from Clifton Street, west Belfast...
(1863–1927), George
George Morrow (illustrator)
George Morrow was a cartoonist and book illustrator. He was the son of a painter and decorator from Clifton Street in west Belfast...
(1869–1955), Edwin (1877–1952) and Norman (1879–1917), were also cartoonists and illustrators.
His cartoons, shown through a magic lantern
Magic lantern
The magic lantern or Laterna Magica is an early type of image projector developed in the 17th century.-Operation:The magic lantern has a concave mirror in front of a light source that gathers light and projects it through a slide with an image scanned onto it. The light rays cross an aperture , and...
, were an early attraction at Bulmer Hobson
Bulmer Hobson
John Bulmer Hobson was a leading member of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood before the Easter Rising in 1916...
's Dungannon Club in 1905, and he also contributed cartoons to Hobson's separatist magazine The Republic. His paintings appeared in many exhibitions, and were reproduced in the Irish Review. For a time he taught at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. He returned to political cartooning in 1917, but in 1919 was imprisoned in Mountjoy Jail for unauthorised possession of confidential government documents.
He was associated with The Craftworkers Ltd, a Dublin co-operative engaged in church decoration, and he and Albert Power designed the mosaic panels and the renovation of the altar and chancel walls at St. Catherine's Church
St. Catherine's Church, Dublin
St. Catherine's Church, on Thomas Street, in Dublin, Ireland, was originally built in 1185. It is located on what was once termed the "Slí Mór" - a key route that ran westwards across Ireland from Dublin. The church was rebuilt in its present form in the 18th century by John Smyth .The church...
. He died in Dublin.