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April 2, 2013

April 2, 1867

Charles H. Bennett (1828–2 April 1867) was a Victorian illustrator who died young leaving his family in London destitute. His work appeared in many books and magazines of the era. 

The Faithless Parrot (1858) is a book Bennett's wrote and illustrated. It is a fantasy about a cat named Tittums, who abandons his friend Fido to hang out with a parrot. We got these pictures from Stephen Gertz's web site: http://www.booktryst.com.



Title-page.


Tittums Deserting Fido.

In 1865 Bennet got a regular job with Punch. After his death, Bennett's friend Charles Kingsley, as well as other English writers did what they could to boost his reputation and help the family he left.


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