Showing 32018 results

Archival description
Print preview Hierarchy
Card view Table view
1144 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects
Cartoonists
CRI/3/1/1 · Item · nd
Part of Cartoons by Chris Riddell

Depicts cartoonists Steve Bell and Martin Rowson.

 Riddell; Chris (1962-); illustrator and writer
Cartoons by Chris Riddell
CRI · Fonds · 1996-2007

Includes both cartoons created for The Observer and individually commissioned for specific events.

Administrative/Biographical history: After graduating from Brighton Polytechnic Art School with a first class honours degree in illustration Riddell went on to become editorial cartoonist at the Economist. He joined the Observer as business cartoonist in 1990 and drew the leader page cartoon. In 1991 he joined the Independent and Independent on Sunday. His style has been described as "Like Heath Robinson with a few drinks inside him". His political cartoons are drawn in the Punch symbolist tradition.

 Riddell; Chris (1962-); illustrator and writer
Cartoons by David Low
Cartoons by David Low
DAL · Fonds · 1953-1962

Original cartoons and caricatures by David Low for the Manchester Guardian.

Administrative/Biographical history: Low was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 7 April 1891. In 1902 he was appointed as political cartoonist at the Spectator in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 1911 he moved to the Bulletin in Sydney, Australia.

He travelled to London to join the Star in 1919 and later worked for the Evening Standard (1927-50) and the Daily Herald (1950-53). He Joined the Manchester Guardian in 1953 and continued to work for the paper until shortly before his death in 1963.

 Low; Sir; David Alexander Cecil (1891-1963); political cartoonist
Cartoons by Martin Rowson
Cartoons by Martin Rowson
MRO · Fonds · 1994-2009

Original artwork of Guardian political cartoons.

Administrative/Biographical history: A self taught artist and a political cartoonist, Rowson's career started when he contributed cartoons whilst at Cambridge (1978-82) to 'Broadsheet'. He has drawn cartoons for the New Statesman (1982-3), Financial Weekly, Sunday Today, Today, Sunday Correspondant, Independent on Sunday, Independent Magazine , The Guardian, Time Out, Dublin Sunday Tribune, Daily Mirror, the Observer, Tribune, Daily Express, Scotsman, and the Times Educational Supplement.

Publications include: Scenes from the Lives of the Great Socialists, 1983 (with Kevin Killane); Lower than Vermin: an anatomy of Thatcher’s Britain, 1986; The Waste Land, 1990; (with Anna Clarke) The Nodland Express, 1994; (with Chris Scarre) Imperial Exits, 1995; (with Will Self) Sweet Smell of Psychosis, 1996; The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 1996; (with John Sweeney) Purple Homicide, 1997; Mugshots, 2005; Snatches, 2006.

 Rowson; Martin George Edmund (1959-); cartoonist and writer
Cartoons by Steve Bell
Cartoons by Steve Bell
STB · Fonds · 1982-2004

Cartoons and strips by Steve Bell that have appeared in the Guardian between 1982 and 2004

Administrative/Biographical history: Editorial cartoonist for the Guardian since 1990, Bell has also produced cartoons for Private Eye, New Statesman and many other popular publications. Graduated in Fine Art from Leeds University in 1974 and taught art before becoming a freelance cartoonist in 1997. Bell has also made short animations (with Bob Godfrey) for the BBC and Channel 4 Television. Recipient of various awards, including CAT Political Cartoonist of the Year (1995, 1997) and CAT Strip Cartoonist of the Year (1996 - 8).

 Bell; Steve (1951-); cartoonist