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, 1946
- £475
- 29cm x 36cm
- Punch
- Caption Displayed
24th Jan. 1966 - £395
- 45cm x 20cm
- Daily Mail
- No Caption, 1925
- £345
- 22cm x 17cm
- Western Mail
- No Caption
20th July 1975 - £375
- 18cm x 36cm
- News of the World
- Caption Displayed, 1946
- £465
- 29cm x 35cm
- Punch
- 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." , 1947
- £450
- 27cm x 32cm
- Punch
Journalist Frank Owen (who owned this cartoon) is seen interviewing John Bull
- 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."
28th Feb. 1945 - £395
- 26cm x 32cm
- Punch
- No Caption, 1952
- £375
- 30cm x 36cm
- Punch
- BY ROYAL DIS - APPOINTMENT
23rd May 1976 - £385
- 37cm x 19cm
- News of the World
- Nasser: Bloated Bullfrog of the Nile
15th Aug. 1956 - £875
- 28cm x 36cm
- Punch
- Caption Displayed
17th Nov. 1960 - £485
- 38cm x 22cm
- Daily Mail
- 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
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!"
14th Jan. 1924 - £485
- 31cm x 21cm
- Western Mail