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Illingworth, Leslie (1902 - 1979)

Illingworth, Leslie (1902 - 1979)

Illingworth began his cartooning career by working alongside J M Staniforth on the Western Mail. He began to draw for Punch in 1931, alongside Shepard and Partridge. From 1939 until 1969 he was the political cartoonist at the Daily Mail. Hewison, art editor of Punch, described Illingworth as having ‘faultless pen-and-ink technique, a technique which is essentially naturalistic yet masterly in its variety of textures, arrangements of tones, and subtle atmospheric perspective.’ Due to unpaid tax bills, Illingworth came out of retirement to work for the News of the World and The Sun from 1974 to 1976. See Illingworth biography by Timothy S. Benson.

 

Cartoons for sale:

RED HERRINGS FOR SALE
  • RED HERRINGS FOR SALE, 1946
  • £475
  • 29cm x 36cm
  • Punch
Caption Displayed
  • Caption Displayed
    24th Jan. 1966
  • £395
  • 45cm x 20cm
  • Daily Mail
No Caption
  • No Caption, 1925
  • £345
  • 22cm x 17cm
  • Western Mail
No Caption
  • No Caption
    20th July 1975
  • £375
  • 18cm x 36cm
  • News of the World
Caption Displayed
  • Caption Displayed, 1946
  • £465
  • 29cm x 35cm
  • Punch
HAVE WE HIT SOMETHING?
  • HAVE WE HIT SOMETHING?
    8th Jan. 1940
  • £585
  • 32cm x 26cm
  • Daily Mail
JOHN BANKRUPT "I attribute my downfall in some way to American films."
  • JOHN BANKRUPT "I attribute my downfall in some way to American films." , 1947
  • £450
  • 27cm x 32cm
  • Punch
  • Journalist Frank Owen (who owned this cartoon) is seen interviewing John Bull

No Caption
  • No Caption
    9th Feb. 1953
  • £345
  • 34cm x 23cm
  • Daily Mail
COLD CLIMATE "But I'm told it's even worse in the Chief City of all the Greater European Co-Prosperity Sphere."
  • COLD CLIMATE "But I'm told it's even worse in the Chief City of all the Greater European Co-Prosperity Sphere."
    28th Feb. 1945
  • £395
  • 26cm x 32cm
  • Punch
No Caption
  • No Caption, 1952
  • £375
  • 30cm x 36cm
  • Punch
BY ROYAL DIS - APPOINTMENT
  • BY ROYAL DIS - APPOINTMENT
    23rd May 1976
  • £385
  • 37cm x 19cm
  • News of the World
Nasser: Bloated Bullfrog of the Nile
  • Nasser: Bloated Bullfrog of the Nile
    15th Aug. 1956
  • £875
  • 28cm x 36cm
  • Punch
Caption Displayed
  • Caption Displayed
    17th Nov. 1960
  • £485
  • 38cm x 22cm
  • Daily Mail
No Caption
  • No Caption
    26th May 1954
  • £475
  • 28cm x 37cm
  • Punch
  • A vast cave containing larger and whiter stalactic formations than the Congo Caves in Cape Province has been discovered near Krusersdorp... The years have twisted them into astonishingly lifelike patterns. (Quote from Punch)

10th Birthday Party
  • 10th Birthday Party
    29th May 1968
  • £465
  • 28cm x 28cm
  • Punch
Going the right way for another separation: HIS WIFE: David! You can be polite and friendly without being familiar!"
  • Going the right way for another separation: HIS WIFE: David! You can be polite and friendly without being familiar!"
    14th Jan. 1924
  • £485
  • 31cm x 21cm
  • Western Mail
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