Pease joined the Newark Evening News in 1914 and remained there for over 30 years. Pease was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for his cartoon, Who Me? The cartoon depicted a robed judge, labelled “Court Order” scolding the United Mine Workers Union Leader John L. Lewis. Pease was 80 years old, making him the oldest person at that time to win the Pulitzer Prize.
Cartoons for sale:
- No Caption, 1948
- £575
- 40cm x 32cm
- Newark Evening News 1 February
- THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE, 1940
- £345
- 43cm x 33cm
- Newark News
- THE SPIRIT OF SUCCESS, 1948
- £225
- 37cm x 30cm
- Newark Evening News 11 June 1948
- CONFOUNDED, 1919
- £435
- 28cm x 32cm
- Newark News
- "MORE PRAYER" - BRYNES, 1946
- £285
- 40cm x 32cm
- Newark Evening News
- PETAIN - THE MAN WHO WAS!
20th June 1940 - £365
- 41cm x 32cm
- Newark Evening News
- A Bridge Extended
23rd Jan. 1943 - £375
- 44cm x 36cm
- Newark News
- A New Year Card from Africa
28th Jan. 1943 - £345
- 42cm x 33cm
- Newark News
- Nice time for small talk, 1942
- £850
- 46cm x 37cm
- Newark Evening News
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Standley was American Ambassador to Moscow. He was displeased that Stalin said nothing to the people of the Soviet Union about considerable amounts of American Aid coming into the country.