Chrys, George Chrystal (1916 - 1972)
Chrys was born in Aberdeen. After war service in the RAF as a pilot-instructor, he attended Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen. He later produced sporting cartoons for the Scottish Daily Mail before joining the Daily Mail as a political cartoonist and in 1960 the News of the World. He also contributed to Punch and drew regularly for Farmer & Stockbreeder and its successor British Farmer & Stockbreeder from the 1950s. His work was heavily influenced by Carl Giles.
Cartoons for sale:
- Foiling the plot
6th Nov. 1962 - £295
- 35cm x 22cm
- Farmers Weekly
Edward Heath, Gunpowder plot cartoon.
- "Those against entry...", 1962
- £275
- 34cm x 22cm
- Farmers Weekly
Charles DeGaulle cartoon.
- "You're just the chap to beat ploughshares into swords!", 1964
- £255
- 35cm x 22cm
- farmers Weekly
Christopher Soames and Alec Douglas-Home cartoon.
- "Don't worry Harold, I shall still need you when I go shooting in Europe!"
8th Aug. 1961 - £265
- 35cm x 22cm
- Farmers Weekly
Harold Macmillan and Ernest Marples cartoon.
- "Cherie - I simply won't take no for an answer!"
31st Oct. 1967 - £295
- 38cm x 22cm
- Farmers' Weekly
Charles DeGaulle and George Brown cartoon.
- STORMY WEATHER
25th May 1965 - £275
- 35cm x 22cm
- Farmers Weekly
Richard Crossman, James Callaghan cartoon.
- "COME ON IN - THE W-W-WATER'S F-F-F-FINE!", 1961
- £275
- 34cm x 23cm
- Farmers Weekly
Edward Heath cartoon.
