The Eminent Post-Neo-Pre-Georgian Vorticist, 1925
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Alfred Edmeades Bestall (1892-1986)
Cartoon taken from a disbound copy of the Punch Almanack, 1925
In a cream conservation grade mount (matt)
In good condition, as illustrated
Cartoon: 17.2 x 11.7 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, 1925
In a cream conservation grade mount (matt)
In good condition, as illustrated
Cartoon: 17.2 x 11.7 cm (visible); mount: 20.4 x 25.4 cm (8" x 10")
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Alfred Edmeades Bestall (1892-1986)
Born in Burma, Bestall studied at Birmingham Central School of Art and served in Flanders with the Royal Army Service Corps in the First World War. After the war he completed his studies at the Central School of Art, London. In addition to his work for Punch, Bestall contributed cartoons to numerous publications and is best known today as the illustrator of the Rupert Bear strip in the Daily Express from 1935 to 1965.
Sources and further reading
Bryant M and Heneage S (1994), Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists 1730-1980, Scolar Press
Waters G M (1975), Dictionary of British Artists 1900-1950, Eastbourne Fine Art
Born in Burma, Bestall studied at Birmingham Central School of Art and served in Flanders with the Royal Army Service Corps in the First World War. After the war he completed his studies at the Central School of Art, London. In addition to his work for Punch, Bestall contributed cartoons to numerous publications and is best known today as the illustrator of the Rupert Bear strip in the Daily Express from 1935 to 1965.
Sources and further reading
Bryant M and Heneage S (1994), Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists 1730-1980, Scolar Press
Waters G M (1975), Dictionary of British Artists 1900-1950, Eastbourne Fine Art