Powys Evans was a very popular illustrator and caricaturist in the 1920s. He was born in London and studied at the Slade School of Art. His work appeared in Tatler and the London Mercury and two collections of his portraits and caricatures – Eighty Eight Cartoons and Fifty Heads were published in 1926 and 1928 in the Saturday Review. One of Powys Evans most famous cartoons is of Max Beerbohm who admired his style and announced him as his ‘heir’ in 1924.
Cartoons for sale:
- RT HON SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES listening in to the "Food Ring"
7th Feb. 1925 - £695
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Revue
- NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN BECOMES MINISTER OF HEALTH
17th March 1923 - £695
- 23cm x 34cm
- Saturday Review
- JACOB EPSTEIN
30th May 1925 - £675
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- HILLAIRE BELLOC
6th June 1925 - £645
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- TEN YEARS AFTER
2nd May 1925 - £585
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- STANLEY BALDWIN: CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
21st April 1923 - £575
- 23cm x 34cm
- Saturday Review
- "STILL STANDING"SIR ARTHUR GRIFFITH BOSCAWEN Minister of Health without a seat
27th Jan. 1923 - £545
- 23cm x 34cm
- Saturday Review
- THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: The Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Hugh Cecil
10th Feb. 1923 - £595
- 23cm x 34cm
- Saturday Review
- MR JOHN BARRYMORE AS HAMLET
28th Feb. 1925 - £625
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- RT HON W.F. MASSEY P.C.
27th Oct. 1923 - £545
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- EQUALITY AT LAST or, an argument in favour of equal franchise for the sexes
21st Feb. 1925 - £575
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- WEMBLEY (SIR JAMES STEVENSON)
26th April 1924 - £575
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- THE GOLD STANDARD mr reginald mckenna: "To be or not to be"
28th March 1925 - £595
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- SIR LANDON RONALD
17th Feb. 1923 - £545
- 23cm x 32cm
- Saturday Review
- THE COMMON SERJEANT (Sir Henry Fielding Dickens K.C.)
24th March 1923 - £585
- 22cm x 34cm
- Saturday Review
- HIS EXCELLENCY THE HON. ALINSON B HOUGHTON The American Ambassador
9th May 1925 - £595
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- SIR GEORGE YOUNGER ...BRINGING UP THE CURTAIN
4th Nov. 1922 - £635
- 21cm x 35cm
- Saturday Review
- ARTHUR BOURCHIER AS LONG JOHN SILVER
20th Jan. 1923 - £595
- 23cm x 34cm
- Saturday Review
- "...RING UP THE CURTAIN!"
3rd Jan. 1925 - £545
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- ADMIRAL SIR PERCY SCOTT
12th Aug. 1922 - £535
- 20cm x 32cm
- Saturday Review
- THE MINISTER FOR AIR The Rt Hon Sir Samuel Hoare
19th May 1923 - £525
- 23cm x 34cm
- Saturday Review
- JOHN BULL MAKES HIS CHOICE
8th Dec. 1923 - £565
- 30cm x 44cm
- Saturday Review
- RT HON SIR ROBERT SANDERS BT MP MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
31st March 1923 - £565
- 23cm x 35cm
- saturday Review
- PHILIP WILSON STEER
13th Jan. 1923 - £595
- 20cm x 32cm
- Saturday Review
- GENERAL RT HON J C SMUTS
10th Nov. 1923 - £645
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- REV. H R L SHEPPARD
26th Aug. 1927 - £525
- 22cm x 28cm
- Saturday Review
- LORD JESSEL CB CMG
7th March 1925 - £645
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- AMERICAN AMBASSADOR F B KELLOGG
26th July 1924 - £675
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- GORDON CRAIG
22nd July 1922 - £545
- 25cm x 34cm
- Saturday Review
- RT HON THOMPSON
15th March 1924 - £655
- 30cm x 44cm
- Saturday Review
- SIR WILLIAM JOYNSON-HICKS Secretary of State for Air
15th July 1922 - £675
- 25cm x 40cm
- Saturday Review