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Bust of CP Scott
Bust of CP Scott
GUA/12/7/9 · Item · 1926
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

A bronze bust of CP Scott by Jacob Epstein, paid for by subscription raised by a letter sent out in the frst week of the General Strike in May 1926. Funding came from many prominent names in politics, religion and the arts, including three ex-Prime Ministers and the two Archbishops. Epstein was a very controversial sculptor at the time and was attacked for his 'obscene' nude sculptures that lined the British Medical Building on the Strand. Scott was one of the few who backed the sculptor, giving Epstein space and editorial support.

Another cast of the same bust was presented to the city of Manchester on 21st October 1926, the occasion of CP Scott's 80th birthday. Both Scott and Epstein were present. It was to be kept, as Lord Derby said on the occasion, "as a memorial of one who in difficult times always tried to do his duty".

The bust has been displayed, during its history: on a table in the library of the Manchester Guardian building on Cross Street (on the editorial floor); in the managment suite on the third floor of the Guardian's Manchester office at 164 Deansgate (from 1971); in the Newsroom at 60 Farringdon Road (from 2002) and at the Guardian's Kings Place office in London (from 2008).

Sources: Ian Mayes' forthcoming official history of the Guardian; GEN No.3 Vol 1 (January 1971); and the New York Times, 3 May 1926 ('Editor to be Honored by British Public; Bust of C.P. Scott of Manchester Guardian to Be Placed in City's Museum.')
Production place: Unknown
Materials: Bronze
Condition: Good
Completeness: Complete

 Epstein; Sir; Jacob (1880-1959); sculptor
But I AM the public!
LDG/1/3/28 · Item · [1970-1974]
Part of Illustrations by Les Gibbard

This cartoon shows the trials of a postman (carrying a GPO sack): first he has to carry his kids with him on his round, because as a news billboard says there is a "Teachers strike"; then prices are up at the fruit market stall "Owing to docks strike"; next he falls in a big pile of rubbish [presumably the bin men are on strike]; then he needs a torch to do his round because there is a "Power strike"; finally he himself protests, holding a placard saying "More!", only to be told by Robert Carr "Stop holding the public to ransom!"; in the final picture the exasperated postman says, "But I AM the public!".

 Gibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist
"But the cat came back..."
LDG/1/5/95 · Item · 17 April 1969
Part of Illustrations by Les Gibbard

Harold Wilson looks at a happy, dripping cat wearing a coronet [the coronet possibly representing the peerage]. A book entitled 'Lords Reform Bill' is tied to the cat's leg.
Creator: Gibbard; Leslie (1945-2010); cartoonist
"But then, on second thoughts..."
LDG/1/5/62 · Item · nd [1970s]
Part of Illustrations by Les Gibbard

A thoughtful looking Denis Healey is presented as Robin Hood pulling back towards him an unemployed man holding a bag of money with his bow. A wealthy man is tied up behind Robin Hood.

 Gibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist