HAYTER, Henry William Goodenough.

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Caricatures by H. H. First edition, first printing, of this scarce pictorial homage to prominent expats in Shanghai at the twilight of the Qing dynasty. It features the drawings of an influential Western artist active during the formative stages of modern Chinese cartooning. WorldCat records just seven institutional copies.H. W. G. Hayter (1862-1915) was born in London and resided in the Shanghai International Settlement from 1882 until shortly before his death. There, he drew cartoons for two of China's earliest illustrated periodicals, The Rattle and The Eastern Sketch. His skill as a cartoonist led his editor at The Rattle, the journalist John Otway Percy Bland, to compare him to the British Punch cartoonist, George Belcher. Hayter's caricature style and witty captions also recalled the distinctive works of Leslie Ward and Carlo Pellegrini in Vanity Fair.Hayter was a leading light in the heady cultural milieu of the International Settlement, holding senior positions in the famed Shanghai Race Club (established in 1850) and the Shanghai Country Club (c. 1870). While at The Rattle, Hayter contributed many humorous black-and-white caricatures of leading figures from among his acquaintances. Hayter's style favoured close likenesses of his figures, while emphasising the affectations for which they were most well-known in the Settlement's close-knit foreign community.The present work collects together 21 of Hayter's drawings for The Rattle, along with 11 new works, all published

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