David Henry Souter (1862 – 1935) was an Australian artist and journalist. He was the son of an engineer, was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, on 30 March 1862. He studied art at the local branch of the South Kensington school, contributed to a local journal, Bon Accord, and went to Natal in 1881, where he engaged in journalism. This article is about the Scottish city. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (90th in leap years). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Natal is a former British colony, and a South African province. ...

He came to Sydney in 1886, obtained a position with John Sands and Company, contributed cartoons to The Tribune, and in 1888 founded the "Brush Club" of which he became president. In 1892 he began contributing drawings to The Bulletin, and for a period of 35 years had at least one drawing in every issue. There are various stories about the cat which so frequently appeared in his drawings, one being that it was evolved from a blot that fell on a drawing at the last moment, and another that it first appeared to fill in a blank space. When the Society of Artists was established at Sydney in 1895 Souter was elected to the council, and from 1901 to 1902 was its president. He was art editor of Art and Architecture from 1904 to 1911, and for many years was associated with William Brooks and Company and illustrated many of the school books issued by them. In his later years he was on the editorial staff of Country Life. He died suddenly at Sydney on 22 September 1935. He married Janet, daughter of David Swanson, who died in 1932, and was survived by two sons and three daughters. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people, and 151,920 in the City of Sydney. ... The Tribune is a daily newspaper published in Chandigarh, India. ... The Bulletin is an Australian weekly magazine, which has been published in Sydney since 1880. ... Country Life can refer to: Country Life (magazine) Country Life (album) - by Roxy Music This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... David Swanson is the Washington Director of Democrats. ...

Souter was a stocky, kindly, humorous, friendly, courageous man, who wrote short stories, verse, light articles and plays, with a capable and ready pen. His separate publications were "The Grey Kimono: the Libretto of an Operetta", published in 1902, and "Bush Babs: with Pictures, rhymes for children", with his own illustrations, which appeared in 1933. He did a fair amount of painting in water-colour, 10 examples were shown at the exhibition of the Society of Artists, held at Melbourne in 1907; but his reputation rests on his black and white work which considering the mass of it was very even in quality. A scrap-book containing a collection of his earlier work from the Bulletin is at the public library, Melbourne. A collection of his War Cartoons, reprinted from the Stock and Station Journal, was published at Sydney in 1915. He also illustrated volumes written by Ethel Turner and other Australian authors. Ethel Turner (1872 - 1958) was an Australian novelist and childrens writer. ...

Reference

• Serle, Percival (1949). "Souter, David". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 

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