Picture of John McCarthy

[Chris Scott]

I don't know if this has been posted before but I don't remember seeing it
Chris

Penny Illustrated Paper
17 November 1888

[Suzi]

Hi Chris-

A great pic- I have seen it before---not sure if it's been on the boards...he does look like a stalwart of the community in that drawing- not the pimp that has been suggested (!)...but hey! appearances can be deceptive!

Suz xx
(Glad you're back!!!)

[claire]

Great pic...a right shady looking sort, IMO!

Thanks for that!

[Natalie Severn]

Thanks Chris.It is a very good likeness if I remember correctly----some of us saw his photo at the August Whitechapel Society meeting.He looked a little bit older in the photo and less distinguished and serious ,but very similar.
Best Wishes
Norma

[Wolf Vanderlinden]

You should all have seen it before. It's in Sugden.

Wolf.

[Chris Scott]

Oops! Silly me
Thanks Wolf

Norma, The photo you refer to of Mccarthy, has that been published as I definitely haven't seen that!

[George Hutchinson]

Chris, the photo of McCarthy is owned by Fiona Kendall-Ball (that is her name, right?)

The actual photograph is lost but it's a copy. Oddly, it appears to be in dot matrix print but nevertheless does look rather like the sketch - though a little less generic, which I think may say a lot for many illustrations of the period.

It was shown around at a WS1888 meeting earlier this year, although closely guarded (Christian took a photo of it and was promptly ordered to delete it). Fiona intends to use it in an upcoming book.

PHILIP

[coral]

Hi Philip

The lady in question is called Fiona Kendall-Lane and she is John McCarthy's great grand daughter.

Coral