Palmer Cox

Palmer Cox (April 28, 1840-July 24, 1924) was a Canadian born artist, best known for his series of humorous verse cartoons about the mischievous but kind-hearted Brownies. The cartoons were published in several books, such as The Brownies, Their Book (1887). Due to the popularity of Cox's Brownies, one of the first popular handheld cameras was named after them, the Eastman Kodak Brownie camera. Portrait of Palmer Cox, public domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Portrait of Palmer Cox, public domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A signature Cox Brownie A brownie, brounie/Urisk (Lowland Scots) or ùruisg/brùnaidh (Scottish Gaelic) is a legendary kind of elf popular in folklore around Scotland and England (especially the north). ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... The Brownie No 2 The Kodak Brownie box camera, introduced in 1900, was a very simple camera that anyone could use. ...

He was born in Granby, Quebec, son of Michael and Sarah (Miller) Cox, and became a carpenter and car builder. He moved to San Francisco via Panama as a railroad contractor. He lived in San Francisco from 1863-1875. In 1874 he began to formally study drawing and contribute illustrated stories to such publications as Golden Era and Alta California. After 1875 lived in New York (Pine View House, East Quogue, Long Island). His Brownie stories appeared in St. Nicholas and the Ladies' Home Journal. For the township see Granby, Quebec (township) Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal on Lac Boivin. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq. ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. At 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and 7. ... A cover of Ladies Home Journal from 1906 Ladies Home Journal was first published February 16, 1883 as a womens supplement to the Tribune and Farmer. ...

Cox's Brownies are little men who have adventures together. Each Brownie has a distinctive physical appearance: for example, one wears a top hat and monocle, another is dressed as a stereotypical Chinese peasant, yet another is dressed as a Red Indian chief in war bonnet. Cox's text is quite crude, and does not develop individual personalities for the Brownies, aside from the "ethnic" ones speaking in stereotypical dialect. Cox's illustations tend 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.

In the children's novel Rufus M, written by Eleanor Estes and set during World War One, young Rufus Moffat and his older sister Jane have a friendly contest involving Palmer Cox's Brownie books: each time they come to a new illustration, they compete to see who will be first to find the Brownie in the top hat. Cover of Ginger Pye, written and illustrated by Eleanor Estes Eleanor Estes (May 9, 1906 - July 15, 1988) was an American childrens author. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

Works

• Squibs of California (1874) Later republished as Comic 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 Brownie's at Home (1893)
• The Brownie's Around the World (1894)
• The Brownie's Through the Union (1895)
• The Brownie's Abroad (1899)
• The Brownie's in the Philippines
• The Brownie Clown in Brownie Town (Comics 1907)
• The Brownie Primer
• The Brownie Calendar
• Palmer Cox's Brownies (Play)
• The Brownie's in Fairyland (Lyrics Music)

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External links

• biography
• bibliography
• Palmer Cox's Brownies
• McGill University