Waite, Keith b 1927
Keith Waite worked as an ‘entertainer’, as he categorised cartoonists for over 45 years. Born in New Zealand he came to London in 1951, a move he described as “a total leap into the darkness”. After freelancing for the Daily Sketch, Punch and Men Only as a topical gag cartoonist, Waite became the Daily Sketch’s chief political cartoonist in 1957 replacing Ian Scott. In 1966 Waite worked for The Sun, then moved on to Mirror newspapers drawing cartoons with a stronger political content. Leaving the Mirror group in 1985 he rounded off his career as a business cartoonist for The Times, a post he held from 1987 to 1997.
Cartoons for sale:
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13th Nov. 1980 - £285
- 25cm x 35cm
- Daily Mirror
Ronald Reagan, Michael Foot, pensioners and Miss World cartoon.
- "Oh, Maggie Maggie May, they have taken her away... And she won't walk down - ing Street any more." - quoted by Mrs T., 1982
- £345
- 27cm x 37cm
- Daily Mirror
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25th Jan. 1982 - £345
- 27cm x 40cm
- Daily Mirror
Margaret Thatcher unemployement cartoon.
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23rd June 1976 - £245
- 23cm x 32cm
- Daily Mirror
Liberal MP John Pardoe cartoon.
- Caption Displayed, 1982
- £365
- 25cm x 36cm
- Daily Mirror
Margaret Thatcher as Britainnia cartoon
- "Told you all this professionalism would ruin the game."
10th May 1977 - £335
- 27cm x 37cm
- Daily Mirror
Cricket cartoon.
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20th March 1972 - £385
- 67cm x 20cm
- Daily Mirror
Margaret Thatcher, Reginald Maudling, Ted Heath, Geoffrey Barber cartoon.
- Caption Displayed, 1981
- £325
- 28cm x 42cm
- Daily Mirror
Queen Elizabeth, IRA cartoon.
- "I said we'll have to stop meeting like this.", 1981
- £315
- 26cm x 40cm
- Daily Mirror
Peter Tatchell and Michael Foot cartoon.
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5th Feb. 1977 - £345
- 34cm x 36cm
- Daily Mirror
James Callaghan unemployment cartoon.
- Caption Displayed, 1977
- £325
- 28cm x 41cm
- Daily Mirror
Cyril Smith, David Steele cartoon.
- Caption Displayed, 1977
- £345
- 40cm x 42cm
- Daily Mirror
Cyril Smith, Jeremy Thorpe as a clown cartoon.
- "IT'S FOR YOU, DEAREST, WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS."
13th Feb. 1984 - £365
- 28cm x 39cm
- Daily Mirror
Thatcher USSR cartoon.
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17th Nov. 1981 - £335
- 22cm x 33cm
- Daily Mirror
Michael Foot, Denis Healey, Tony Benn and Ray Jenkins cartoon.
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14th Jan. 1974 - £365
- 37cm x 42cm
- Daily Mirror
Heath, Willie Whitelaw, Lord Carrington, Barber cartoon.
- Caption Displayed, 1981
- £315
- 26cm x 35cm
- Daily Mirror
Margaret Thatcher and Jim Prior cartoon.
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12th Oct. 1974 - £345
- 34cm x 42cm
- Daily Mirror
Harold Wilson, Ted Heath and Jeremy Thorpe cartoon.
- "WE'RE MERELY PROTECTING OUR UNDER COVER MEN."
9th May 1961 - £365
- 49cm x 22cm
- Daily Mirror
Harold Macmillan spying cartoon.
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5th April 1976 - £365
- 28cm x 38cm
- Daily Mirror
Harold Wilson changing into James Callaghan cartoon.
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31st Jan. 1983 - £345
- 26cm x 39cm
- Daily Mirror
Margaret Thatcher ban the bomb cartoon.
- Caption Displayed, 1981
- £365
- 29cm x 40cm
- Daily Mirror
Margaret Thatcher and Geoffrey Howe cartoon.
- Caption Displayed, 1975
- £295
- 24cm x 32cm
- Daily Mirror
Tony Benn Minister of Energy cartoon.
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29th Dec. 1983 - £345
- 25cm x 40cm
- Daily Mirror
Dennis and Margaret Thatcher cartoon.
- No caption, 1981
- £475
- 32cm x 47cm
- Daily Mirror 1981
Margaret Thatcher as Boadicea cartoon.
