Vicky, Weisz, Victor (1913 - 1966)
‘Vicky’, born in Berlin, began drawing caricatures freelance in 1928 after his father committed suicide. He sold his first drawing aged 15 and subsequently began to work for the journal 12 Uhr Blatt, which took a strongly anti-Hitler stance. The Nazis took over the magazine in 1933 and ‘Vicky’ arrived in Britain as a refugee in 1935. He drew for a whole variety of publications, including the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and the New Statesman. ‘Vicky’s famous portrayal of Harold Macmillan as ‘Supermac’ first appeared in the Evening Standard in November 1958. Randolph Churchill described ‘Vicky’ as a genius and Michael Foot thought him ‘the best cartoonist in the world’.
Cartoons for sale:
- "Bon voyage, Boss! Everything is under control - there ain't gonna beany civil war by our generals, Mr Macleod is going to settle his little local difficulty, Mr Thorneycroft has never been so good and Lord H. won't ring his bell while you're away..., 1962
- £1275
- 60cm x 34cm
- Evening Standard
- Caption Displayed, 1960
- £475
- 46cm x 36cm
- Evening Standard
High Gaitskell, George Brown, Herbert Bowden cartoon. Formerly the property of Michael Foot.
- Caption Displayed
18th Dec. 1961 - £445
- 51cm x 48cm
- Evening Standard
Labour Party, George Brown, Ray Gunter cartoon. Formerly the property of former Labour Cabinet Minister Ray Gunther MP.
- Lord Chief Justice Goddard (1877 - 1971), 1950
- £145
- 25cm x 40cm
- News Chronicle
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Goddard was known for his strict sentencing and conservative views. He was nicknamed the 'Tiger' and "Justice-in-a-jiffy" for his no-nonsense manner. He once dismissed 6 appeals in one hour in 1957.
- Vicky Self-Portrait
19th Jan. 1962 - £575
- 31cm x 40cm
- Evening Standard
- Caption Displayed, 1959
- £875
- 50cm x 64cm
- Evening Standard
This cartoon was given to Humphrey Lyttelton’s father, George William Lyttelton, a housemaster at Eton College, by the cartoonist, after Lyttelton senior had written to Vicky complaining about the cartoonist’s depiction of the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan which was "a bad characterisation - harrassed and worried instead of bland and unflappable."
- Caption Displayed, 1962
- £385
- 51m x 40cm
- Evening Standard
Liberal Leader Joe Grimmond cartoon. Formerly the property of Woodrow Wyatt MP
- Caption Displayed
30th Jan. 1962 - £325
- 52cm x 37cm
- Evening Standard
Hugh Gaitskell cartoon. Formerly the property of Woodrow Wyatt MP
- Caption Displayed
22nd Oct. 1964 - £345
- 52cm x 37cm
- Evening Standard
Harold Wilson, Woodrow Wyatt cartoon.
- Caption Displayed
22nd March 1962 - £385
- 48cm x 37cm
- Evening Standard
Hugh Gaitskell and Woodrow Wyatt cartoon. Formerly the property of Woodrow Wyatt MP.
- No Caption
21st Feb. 1950 - £495
- 38cm x 32cm
- News Chronicle
Herbert Morrison cartoon.
- Caption Displayed
25th Jan. 1959 - £1750
- 48cm x 42cm
- Evening Standard
Harold Macmillan as Supermac cartoon.
- Caption Displayed, 1964
- £445
- 52cm x 39cm
- Evening Standard
Formerly the property of former Labour Cabinet Minister Ray Gunther MP.
- Caption Displayed, 1965
- £685
- 44cm x 33cm
- Evening Standard
Selwyn Lloyd, iain macleod, Alec Douglas-Home, Ted Heath, Enoch Powell, Reg Maudling cartoon.
- OUT OF THE BAG?, 1951
- £225
- 40cm x 22cm
- News Chronicle
Morgan Phillips, father Christmas cartoon.
