The British Character: Importance of Not Being Intellectual

Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-1940)

Price

£5,500

Signed

Signed
Inscribed with title below mount
Signed [as Graham Laidler] and inscribed with artist's address on reverse

Medium

Ink on board

Dimensions

8 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches

Provenance

David M Rogers Collection

Illustrated

Punch, 6 January 1937, page 4;
Pont, The British Character Studied and Revealed, London: Collins, 1938, page 81

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1807-2026' Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2026-January 2027, no 123

'Compare "Importance of not being an alien". The odd man out here is a shifty type with ideas, and the English, according to Miss E. M. Delafield, prefer to enjoy themselves "without having to think".'

Bernard Hollowood, Pont: The Life and Work of the Great Punch Artist, page 60