He was, by profession, a carpet-designer, with unusual skill in freehand drawing; and when in the spring of 1876 he no longer saw Mr. Sambourne's work in the paper, he adopted the shrewd idea of sending in some sketches in which that artist's style was respectfully imitated.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
Walpole grouped with fine freehand-drawing the band of conspirators thus formed under the leadership of this anti-minister.
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy
He was one of those men who are capable of putting four umbrellas in the stand rather than three, so that two may lean one way and two another; he saw life like a pattern in a freehand drawing-book.
"The Club of Queer Trades"
G. K. Chesterton