Quiz, Powys Evans (1899 - 1981)
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:
- LON CHANEY as "MR WU"
8th July 1922 - £645
- 25cm x 40cm
- Saturday Review
In the 1927 film, for the 100-year-old look, Chaney built up his cheekbones and lips with cotton and collodion. His nostrils had the ends of cigar holders inserted and his long fingernails were constructed from strips of painted film stock. He used fish skin to fashion an Oriental cast to his eyes and grey crepe hair was used for the moustache. The make-up procedures took from 4 to 6 hours to apply.
- RT HON SIR ROBERT SANDERS BT MP MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
31st March 1923 - £565
- 23cm x 35cm
- saturday Review
- HIS EXCELLENCY THE HON. ALINSON B HOUGHTON The American Ambassador
9th May 1925 - £595
- 23cm x 33cm
- Saturday Review
- THE COMMON SERJEANT (Sir Henry Fielding Dickens K.C.)
24th March 1923 - £585
- 22cm x 34cm
- Saturday Review
- THE GOLD STANDARD mr reginald mckenna: "To be or not to be"
28th March 1925 - £595
- 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
- THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: The Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Hugh Cecil
10th Feb. 1923 - £595
- 23cm x 34cm
- Saturday Review

























