Chris Beetles

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Popular Misconceptions Life in the Democracies

Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-1940)

Price

£4,500

Signed

Signed and inscribed with title below mount

Medium

Pen and ink

Dimensions

8 ½ x 10 ½ inches

Provenance

'The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer', Sotheby's, London, 14 March 2018, Lot 86

Illustrated

Punch, 24 May 1939, Page 570;
Pont, The British Carry On. A Collection of Wartime Drawings, London: Collins, 1940, Page 20

Literature

Bernard Hollowood, Pont. The Life and Work of the great Punch artist, London: Collins, 1969, Page 107

Exhibited

'Images of Power: From the Jeffrey Archer Cartoon Collection', Monnow Valley Arts, 3 September-30 October 2011;
'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1900-2018', Chris Beetles Gallery, November 2018-January 2019, No 123;
Spirit of England 10. Lockdown Lifting, Chris Beetles Gallery, June 2020

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