Plumb-Line Out of Plumb, 1908
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George Morrow (1869-1955)
Cartoon taken from a disbound copy of the Punch Almanack, 1908
In a cream conservation grade mount (matt)
In very good condition, as illustrated
Cartoon: 10.5 x 8.1 cm (visible); mount: 20.4 x 25.4 cm (8" x 10")
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Cartoon taken from a disbound copy of the Punch Almanack, 1908
In a cream conservation grade mount (matt)
In very good condition, as illustrated
Cartoon: 10.5 x 8.1 cm (visible); mount: 20.4 x 25.4 cm (8" x 10")
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George Morrow (1869-1955)
Morrow was born in Belfast and studied art in Paris prior to beginning a 48 year association with Punch from 1906. He succeeded Frank Reynolds as the magazine’s Art Editor in 1930.
‘George Morrow was primarily a man with a sense of humour… Morrow in his prime, which continued far longer than with most humorous artists, could draw a simple little figure with a face that was funny per se. In his more elaborate compositions there would often be a head in a crowd that was obviously a Morrow head, yet it was funny in a different way from other Morrow heads… For issue after issue… he was one of the two artists who were trying to make people laugh with both drawing and caption… he often carried the paper on his shoulders.’ (Price, 1957).
Sources and further reading
Bryant M and Heneage S (1994), Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists 1730-1980, Scolar Press
Dolman B (1981), A Dictionary of British Artists, 1929, Antique Collectors’ Club
Johnson J and Greutzner A (1999), British Artists 1880-1940, Antique Collectors’ Club
Mackenzie I, (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Price R G G (1957), A History of Punch, Collins
Waters G M (1975), Dictionary of British Artists 1900-1950, Eastbourne Fine Art
Morrow was born in Belfast and studied art in Paris prior to beginning a 48 year association with Punch from 1906. He succeeded Frank Reynolds as the magazine’s Art Editor in 1930.
‘George Morrow was primarily a man with a sense of humour… Morrow in his prime, which continued far longer than with most humorous artists, could draw a simple little figure with a face that was funny per se. In his more elaborate compositions there would often be a head in a crowd that was obviously a Morrow head, yet it was funny in a different way from other Morrow heads… For issue after issue… he was one of the two artists who were trying to make people laugh with both drawing and caption… he often carried the paper on his shoulders.’ (Price, 1957).
Sources and further reading
Bryant M and Heneage S (1994), Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists 1730-1980, Scolar Press
Dolman B (1981), A Dictionary of British Artists, 1929, Antique Collectors’ Club
Johnson J and Greutzner A (1999), British Artists 1880-1940, Antique Collectors’ Club
Mackenzie I, (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Price R G G (1957), A History of Punch, Collins
Waters G M (1975), Dictionary of British Artists 1900-1950, Eastbourne Fine Art