Armed with lances and cumbrous matchlocks, they crowded along in the greatest disorder, and almost every soldier carried an umbrella, a fan, and a lantern; all of which forcibly reminded me of the Chinese burlesques that I had seen in the theatres at San Francisco.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
It was the success of his play, "The Enchanted Isle," that brought him to London, where he wrote burlesques and so forth; but he will be remembered for his clever illustrations to most of Punch's rivals of his time, as well as his creation of "Billie Barlow"-the "Ally Sloper" of the day; and it was not to Punch's advantage that he did not enlist Brough's humorous talent.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
He had composed a large amount of music, chiefly sacred, including thirty-nine masses and twelve "Oratorios for Good Friday," besides some grotesque pieces intended as burlesques of the musical life of Vienna.
"Haydn"
J. Cuthbert Hadden