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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:

A Post-War Perseus: "My idea is to hover around and unfasten your chains gradually from time to time whenever an opportunity occurs."
  • A Post-War Perseus: "My idea is to hover around and unfasten your chains gradually from time to time whenever an opportunity occurs."
    19th July 1944
  • £375
  • 33cm x 37cm
  • Punch
  • Lord Woolton Minister for Re-construction cartoon.

"....and all who sail in her".
  • "....and all who sail in her".
    28th April 1965
  • £365
  • 26cm x 35cm
  • Punch
  • George Brown Incomes Policy cartoon.

The New Years Dishonours List
  • The New Years Dishonours List
    4th Jan. 1948
  • £395
  • 37cm x 19cm
  • News of the World
  • IRA terror cartoon.

On Firmer Footing
  • On Firmer Footing, 1925
  • £185
  • 27cm x 20cm
  • Western Mail
  • Archbishop of Wales cartoon.

JOY-RIDE
  • JOY-RIDE
    25th May 1936
  • £495
  • 41cm x 31cm
  • Punch
  • Illingworth's first cartoon for Punch.

Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
  • Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
    4th March 1953
  • £55000
  • 30cm x 37cm
  • Punch
  • The cartoon that shocked Churchill (see PCS article)

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
  • Herbert Asquith Lloyd George cartoon.

10th Birthday Party
  • 10th Birthday Party
    29th May 1968
  • £465
  • 28cm x 28cm
  • Punch
  • President Charles de Gaulle cartoon.

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)

If the Americans took over.
  • If the Americans took over.
    17th Nov. 1960
  • £485
  • 38cm x 22cm
  • Daily Mail
Nasser: Bloated Bullfrog of the Nile
  • Nasser: Bloated Bullfrog of the Nile
    15th Aug. 1956
  • £975
  • 28cm x 36cm
  • Punch
BY ROYAL DIS - APPOINTMENT
  • BY ROYAL DIS - APPOINTMENT
    23rd May 1976
  • £385
  • 37cm x 19cm
  • News of the World
  • Concorde Cartoon.

The Keystone
  • The Keystone
    20th Feb. 1952
  • £375
  • 30cm x 36cm
  • Punch
  • British Empire cartoon.

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
    9th Feb. 1953
  • £345
  • 34cm x 23cm
  • Daily Mail
  • Nye Bevan cartoon.

JOHN BANKRUPT'S APOLOGY "I attribute my downfall largely to American films."
  • JOHN BANKRUPT'S APOLOGY "I attribute my downfall largely to American films."
    13th Aug. 1947
  • £450
  • 27cm x 32cm
  • Punch
  • Frank Owen (who owned this cartoon)interviews John Bull

HAVE WE HIT SOMETHING?
  • HAVE WE HIT SOMETHING?
    8th Jan. 1940
  • £585
  • 32cm x 26cm
  • Daily Mail
  • Leslie Hore-Belisha Minister of War cartoon.

Caption Displayed
  • Caption Displayed, 1946
  • £465
  • 29cm x 35cm
  • Punch
No Caption
  • No Caption
    20th July 1975
  • £375
  • 18cm x 36cm
  • News of the World
No Caption
  • No Caption, 1925
  • £345
  • 22cm x 17cm
  • Western Mail
  • Winston Churchill, Ramsay MacDonald, David Lloyd George and Stanley Baldwin cartoon.

Caption Displayed
  • Caption Displayed
    24th Jan. 1966
  • £395
  • 45cm x 20cm
  • Daily Mail
  • Formerly the property of former Labour Cabinet Minister Ray Gunther MP.

RED HERRINGS FOR SALE
  • RED HERRINGS FOR SALE, 1946
  • £475
  • 29cm x 36cm
  • Punch
  • Russian Bear cartoon.

The Price of our original cartoons include acid free mount and gilt frame.

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