Lee, Joseph (1901 - 1974)
Lee worked for Strand Magazine and Pall Mall Gazette before joining the Sunday Express. However, as a committed socialist, Lee resigned from the Sunday Express in 1926, to protest against their attitude to the General Strike. From 1934 to 1966 Lee worked for the Evening News which featured his very popular ‘London Laughs’ series of joke drawings. These were the first non-political topical cartoons in Britain.
Cartoons for sale:
- "All set, boys? Ready to give a nice welcome back to Mummy's darling Pussykins who did so well at the Olympia catshow... the big sissy!"
23rd Sept. 1950 - £285
- 29cm x 44cm
- Evening News
Olympia cat-show cartoon
- "Funny! OUR man has been an M.P. for almost a week now and STILL no mention of that urgent and vital matter I wrote to him about during the election!", 1959
- £295
- 44cm x 30cm
- Evening News
Charles Curran was Art Editor of the Evening News before becoming MP for Uxbridge.
- Smiling Through: Art Patron. "It must be nice to be able to sketch like that."
8th June 1940 - £295
- 29cm x 36cm
- Evening News
- Smiling Through: Sweet November. "Hello old boy, what a delightfully beastly foggy quiet night."
27th Oct. 1943 - £295
- 29cm x 36cm
- Evening News
- Smiling Through: Dark Night. "Answer me Mr Withers! Do you or do you not wish to be relieved?"
10th Jan. 1942 - £295
- 30cm x 37cm
- Evening News
- Smiling Through: Morale Tonic. "He's good war-time value, that Doctor. Five funny stories at 10/6 a visit."
27th Feb. 1942 - £295
- 32cm x 37cm
- Evening News
- Hijacked, 1974
- £195
- 20cm x 26cm
- Ipswich Evening News
Hijacking cartoon.
- Careful, harold, he might pick it up.
13th Dec. 1973 - £195
- 23cm x 29cm
- Ipswich Evening News
- THE MAN FOR THE SEASON
14th Dec. 1973 - £175
- 22cm x 28cm
- Ipswich Evening News
Willie Whitelaw cartoon.
- "My boy, this is going to hurt me as much as it does you.", 1978
- £195
- 22cm x 29cm
- Evening News
Denis Healey cartoon.
- "Now Malenkov started singing, suppose them boys will follow his party line and do a bit of crooning while they're over here."
10th Nov. 1954 - £275
- 27cm x 48cm
- Evening News
- CIRCUS DAYS: "Oh, I say, look here.... 'Hands'."
23rd Dec. 1938 - £265
- 28cm x 39cm
- Evening News
Circus schoolboys cartoon.
- "Now if I were The Champ, I'd....!"
13th Sept. 1951 - £265
- 30cm x 44cm
- Evening News
Boxing cartoon.
- CHESNUT TIME: "No, I've finished roasting for to-day, Mate. It's mi barf night."
19th Oct. 1937 - £285
- 28cm x 38cm
- Evening News
Chesnut seller cartoon.
- THESEUS DESTROYS THE MINOTAUR: A NEWLY DISCOVERED GREEK FRAGMENT.
25th July 1974 - £195
- 22cm x 27cm
- ipswich Evening News
Greek democracy cartoon
- Housebreakers: "My old mother used to say I was destructive as a child."
4th Nov. 1937 - £275
- 29cm x 39cm
- Evening News
- "Colchester result, paper! Colchester result!"
7th Feb. 1948 - £275
- 26cm x 35cm
- Evening News
Colchester football result cartoon.
- WHILE TEMPERATURES RISE...
7th Jan. 1975 - £195
- 22cm x 28cm
- Ipswich Evening News
Barbara Castle National Health Service cartoon.
- "'Operational training' my foot. These forts just came over to see a Test Match!"
23rd July 1948 - £285
- 25cm x 36cm
- Evening News
Cricket, Berlin air-lift cartoon.
- SMILING THROUGH: Outside Broadcasts "...and dddont gggive a hhhhint as ttto the wwweather."
25th Jan. 1940 - £325
- 34cm x 27cm
- Evening News
BBC radio outdoor broadcasts cartoon.
