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Date(s)
- 1994-2009 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
147 drawings
Context area
Archival history
This collection consists of 2 accessions purchased by the Scott Trust in 2005 and 2007.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.
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System of arrangement
Divided into Weekend Guardian and editorial cartoons; the latter are grouped into sections according to year of publication.
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Access Status
Open
