The Brownies by Palmer Cox Page from Ladies Home Journal of August 1893

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The BrowniesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis article is about the drawings of Palmer Cox. For the fictional beings, seeBrownie (folklore). For junior Girl Guides, seeBrownie (Girl Guides).A Palmer Cox Brownie fromBrownies Around the World(1894)

The Browniesis a series of publications byCanadianillustratorandauthorPalmer Cox, based on names and elements fromCeltic mythologyand traditional highland Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Illustrations with verse aimed at children,The Brownieswas published in magazines and books during the late 19th century and early 20th century. The Brownie characters became famous in their day, and at the peak of their popularity were a pioneering name brand withinmerchandising.

Contents[hide]

1Characters and story
2Publication history
3Merchandising
4Sources
5External links

Characters and story[edit]

Not unlikefairiesandgoblins, Brownies are imaginary littlesprites, who are supposed to delight in harmless pranks and helpful deeds. Never allowing themselves to be seen by mortal eyes, they are male, drawn to represent many professions and nationalities, all mischievous members of the fairy world whose principal attribute is helping with chores while a family sleeps.

Publication history[edit]

The first appearances of Brownie characters in a print publication took place in 1879, but not until the February, 1881 issue ofWide Awakemagazine were the creatures printed in their final form.[1]The first proper story,The Brownies\' Ride, appeared in the February 1883 issue of the children\'s periodicalSt. Nicholas Magazine.[2]

Published in 1899,The Brownies Abroadis considered the firstBrowniecomic strip, though it didn\'t utilisespeech balloonsuntil the publicationThe Brownie Clown of Brownie Townof 1908.[3]From 1903,The Browniesappeared as a newspaperSunday stripfor several years.[1]

The first compilation,The Brownies, Their Book, was published in 1887, followed by 16 books in the series until the last in 1918. Palmer Cox died in 1924.

1895 sheet music. Typical of unauthorized merchandising of the era, the appearance of the \"Brownies\" characters is similar to but slightly different from Cox\'s drawings.Merchandising[edit]

Beyond print publication,The Brownieswas at least twice adapted to stage plays.[1]With the rise in popularity of the Brownie characters, these were used in many venues of merchandising, such as games, blocks, cards, dolls, calendars, advertisements, package labels, mugs, plates, Flags, soda pop, a slot machine, a bagatelle game and so forth.George Eastmanapplied the brand name in promotion ofKodak\'s \"Brownie Camera\", but Palmer Cox reportedly never received any money for the commercial use of his work.[4][5]

Sources[edit]

The Brownieslist of publications

Footnotes

^Jump up to:abcDon Markstein\'s Toonopedia.\"The Brownies (1881)\".
Jump up^Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon.\"The Brownies\".
Jump up^Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon.\"Brownies comic strips\".
Jump up^Lambiek Comiclopedia.\"Palmer Cox\".
Jump up^Morgan, Wayne.\"Palmer Cox, the Brownie Craze, and the Brownie Camera\".

External links[edit]

\"The Brownies at School\" fromThe Brownies: Their BookThe Baldwin Library of Historical Children\'s Literature
Palmer Cox and The Eastman Kodak Brownie camera

Palmer Cox
Palmer CoxBornApril 28, 1840
Granby, Quebec, CanadaDiedJuly 24, 1924(aged84)
Granby, Quebec, CanadaOccupationIllustrator, author, poetNotable worksThe Brownies

Palmer Cox(April 28, 1840 – July 24, 1924) was a Canadian illustrator and author,[1][2]best known forThe Brownies, his series of humorous verse books andcomic stripsabout the mischievous but kindheartedfairy-likesprites. The cartoons were published in several books, such asThe Brownies, Their Book(1887). Due to the popularity of Cox\'sBrownies, one of the first popular handheld cameras was named after them, the Eastman KodakBrownie camera.[3]

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1Life
2Bibliography
3Homages in other works
4References
5External links

Life[edit]

He was born inGranby, Quebec, son of Michael and Sarah (Miller) Cox, and became a carpenter and car builder. He moved to San Francisco viaPanamaas a railroad contractor, and he lived in there from 1863 to 1875. In 1874, he began to formally study drawing and contribute illustrated stories to such publications asGolden EraandAlta California.[4]After 1875, Cox lived in New York (Pine View House,East Quogue,Long Island). During this time he regularly contributed editorial cartoons toOscar Hammerstein\'sUnited States Tobacco Journal.

The earliest publication of Brownie characters took place in 1879, but not until the February 1881 issue ofWide Awakemagazine were the creatures printed in their final form. In 1883,Browniestories appeared inSt. Nicholas Magazineand as their popularity rose, they were covered in publications such as theLadies\' Home Journal.[5]

Cox\'s Brownies were little men who had mischievous adventures together. Each Brownie had a distinctive physical appearance: for example, one, Cholly Boutonnière, wore a top hat and monocle, another was dressed as a stereotypical Chinese peasant, yet another was dressed as a Red Indian chief in war bonnet. Cox\'s text was quite crude, and did not develop individual personalities for the Brownies, aside from the \"ethnic\" ones speaking in stereotypical dialect. Cox\'s illustrations tended to show a crowd of Brownies jumbled together, with specific Brownies recurring from one illustration to the next, but with no Brownie occupying a predictable location in the picture.

Cox died at his 17-room dream home named Brownie Castle[6]at Granby, Quebec, July 24, 1924. His headstone has a Brownie figure and the inscription:In creating the Brownies he bestowed a priceless heritage on childhood.[7]

Bibliography[edit]A Cox Brownie

Squibs of California(1874) Later republished asComic Yarns(1887)
Hans Von Petter\'s Trip to Gotham(1878)
How Columbus Found America(1878)
That Stanley(1878)
Queer People, such as Goblins, Giants, Merry Men and Monarchs(1888)
Queer People with Paws and Claws(1888)
Queer People with Wings and Stings(1888)
The Brownies, Their Book(1887)
Another Brownie Book
The Brownies at Home(1893)
The Brownies Around the World(1894)
The Brownies Through the Union(1895)
The Brownies Abroad(1899)
The Brownies in the Philippines
The Brownie Clown in Brownie Town(comics[8]1907)
The Brownie Primer
The Brownie Calendar
Palmer Cox\'s Brownies(play)
The Brownies in Fairyland(lyrics[9])

Homages in other works[edit]

Richard F. Outcaultreferenced Cox andThe Browniesin a February 9, 1895 cartoon ofHogan\'s Alley.
In the children\'s novelRufus M, byEleanor Estesset duringWorld War I, young Rufus Moffat and his older sister Jane have a contest involving Palmer Cox\'sBrowniebooks: each new illustration, they compete to see who first spots the Brownie in the top hat.

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