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JAK, Raymond Jackson (1927 - 1997)

JAK, Raymond Jackson (1927 - 1997)

JAK drew for the Evening Standard from 1952 until his death in 1997. Although Tony Blair described him as one of Britain’s “finest political cartoonists” JAK often categorised himself as a social, rather than political cartoonist. His drawings are crammed full of detail and he tended to use generic figures, rather than identifiable individuals. JAK started out as a commercial artist and he proved very successful at marrying his business sense to his cartooning. Many of his cartoons featured commercial names and logos. He was a master of product placement and arranged business deals with various companies. JAK had trenchant right-wing views but over the course of his career he managed to annoy people across the political spectrum. A spoof film poster he drew in 1982 advertising ‘The Ultimate in Psychopathic Horror – The Irish’ brought accusations of racism from the Greater London Council. Two years later the Conservative party protested when JAK portrayed Norman Tebbit as a bandage-wrapped mummy after the bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton.

 

Cartoons for sale:

"Is this your idea of a joke, Geoffrey?"
  • "Is this your idea of a joke, Geoffrey?"
    8th June 1984
  • £475
  • 54cm x 43cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine, Geoffrey Howe and Ted Heath cartoon.

"Another half dozen of these sunshine and you'll end up on a plane back to Moscow!"
  • "Another half dozen of these sunshine and you'll end up on a plane back to Moscow!"
    20th Sept. 1988
  • £345
  • 34cm x 43cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Traffic warden diplomat cartoon.

"No he's not visiting, he's in for blasphemy!"
  • "No he's not visiting, he's in for blasphemy!"
    4th March 1988
  • £345
  • 54cm x 44cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Blasphemy prison religion cartoon.

"Having ruined my dinner with your tear-gas, I suppose I'm going to find it impossible to get a taxi!"
  • "Having ruined my dinner with your tear-gas, I suppose I'm going to find it impossible to get a taxi!"
    8th Dec. 1986
  • £345
  • 54cm x 43cm
  • Evening Standard

  • French riot tear gas cartoon.

"Soon you'll have to go round to Number 10 once a week!"
  • "Soon you'll have to go round to Number 10 once a week!"
    25th Nov. 1988
  • £385
  • 54cm x 43cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Queen Elizabeth, Duke of Edinburgh, Neighbours, Thatcher cartoon.

"CUT!!!"
  • "CUT!!!"
    21st June 1969
  • £385
  • 55cm x 38cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Royal Family, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Edward cartoon.

"Hello! Fortnum and Mason? About that Pedigree Chum with truffles I ordered?"
  • "Hello! Fortnum and Mason? About that Pedigree Chum with truffles I ordered?"
    10th March 1983
  • £365
  • 54cm x 44cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Bloodhound dog cartoon.

"Come on Gonzalez, I've found an easy way in!"
  • "Come on Gonzalez, I've found an easy way in!"
    2nd Oct. 1969
  • £250
  • 54cm x 38cm

  • Rock of Gibraltar cartoon.

"Before we actually storm ashore you're sure it is Anguilla?"
  • "Before we actually storm ashore you're sure it is Anguilla?"
    18th March 1969
  • £250
  • 54cm x 38cm
  • Evening Standard


No Caption
  • No Caption, 1968
  • £255
  • 58cm x 40cm
  • Evening Standard

  • George Brown and Harold Wilson cartoon.

"We would have to be the only house in the street converted to colour TV by North Sea Gas!"
  • "We would have to be the only house in the street converted to colour TV by North Sea Gas!"
    15th Nov. 1969
  • £250
  • 54cm x 38cm
  • Evening Standard
"By the way Leila, that aspirin we gave you is timed to go off in forty-eight hours!"
  • "By the way Leila, that aspirin we gave you is timed to go off in forty-eight hours!"
    10th Sept. 1970
  • £250
  • 54cm x 43cm
  • Evening Standard
"Who said British gunboat diplomacy was dead?"
  • "Who said British gunboat diplomacy was dead?", 1968
  • £345
  • 58cm x 41cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Rhodesian leader Ian Smith met Harold Wilson for talks on HMS Fearless.

"it's another complaint from the Israelis about it being too near the Red Sea!"
  • "it's another complaint from the Israelis about it being too near the Red Sea!"
    20th Aug. 1970
  • £350
  • 54cm x 42cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Egyptian Pharaoh cartoon.

"Well I'm impressed, we've lost three ships, and we we're only watching!"
  • "Well I'm impressed, we've lost three ships, and we we're only watching!"
    9th Aug. 1969
  • £295
  • 55cm x 38cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Gilbralter naval training exercise Cartoon

"Got any gum chum?"
  • "Got any gum chum?", 1969
  • £315
  • 52cm x 42cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Ford workers cartoon.

"I still say we were as big a threat to the Turkish Fleet, while we were at Monte Carlo!"
  • "I still say we were as big a threat to the Turkish Fleet, while we were at Monte Carlo!", 1969
  • £325
  • 59cm x 41cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Aristotle Onassis cartoon.

"Well, for a start, Harold, can you do this?"
  • "Well, for a start, Harold, can you do this?"
    2nd Dec. 1969
  • £365
  • 55cm x 43cm
  • Evening Standard

  • French President Georges Pompidou and Prime Minister Harold Wilson

"I think the police have removed all the hooligans!"
  • "I think the police have removed all the hooligans!"
    5th Sept. 1970
  • £365
  • 54cm x 44cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Frank McClintock, Bob Wilson, Ian Ure Arsenal cartoon.

"And this time we mean business!"
  • "And this time we mean business!", 1967
  • £375
  • 58cm x 41cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Charles De Gaulle, Harold Wilson and George Brown cartoon.

"If you can't get him up in a few days I suggest you put him out of his misery!"
  • "If you can't get him up in a few days I suggest you put him out of his misery!"
    20th Sept. 1977
  • £365
  • 55cm x 43cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Formerly the property of Liberal MP Sir Cyril Smith

"HOW WAS THE OLD UNFLAPPABLE TODAY M'LORD?"
  • "HOW WAS THE OLD UNFLAPPABLE TODAY M'LORD?", 1963
  • £335
  • 59cm x 41cm
  • Evening Standard

  •  Alec Douglas-Home golf cartoon.

"BACK TO THE REVOLUTION, BUT THIS TIME, NO MR NICE GUY!"
  • "BACK TO THE REVOLUTION, BUT THIS TIME, NO MR NICE GUY!"
    22nd July 1980
  • £335
  • 54cm x 44cm
  • Evening Standard

  • Ayatollah Khomeini cartoon.

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

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