Cold Snap - Saint or Secular? (Signed) (Original)

Cold Snap - Saint or Secular? art by George Whitelaw
Cold Snap - Saint or Secular? art by George Whitelaw
reverse art by George Whitelaw
Cold Snap - Saint or Secular? art by George Whitelaw
reverse art by George Whitelaw

Cold Snap - Saint or Secular? (Signed) (Original)

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Artist: George Whitelaw
Medium: Pen & Ink on Board
Size: 9" x 11" (220mm x 275mm)
Date: c. 1925
Signature: Signed by artist lower right
Code: WhitelawFresh

This is the Signed unique original Pen & Ink drawing by George Whitelaw.

Described by the critic Percy V Bradshaw as 'a first class draughtsman with a splendid sense of character and unerring feeling for composition', George Whitelaw contributed greatly to the British satirical response to the Second World War, working alongside contemporaries such as HM Bateman, Cyril Bird (Fougasse) and Sir David Low.

This is a very unusual case of an artist producing finished art on both sides of the board - offering two cartoon images for the price of one.

His work often commands prices five time our asking price for a single image. Some staining and discolouration on the board as might be expected with a piece approximately 100 years old.
  • Artist Biography
    George Whitelaw (22 June 1887 - 19 September 1957; Kirkintilloch, Scotland)
    George Whitelaw, the son of Dr. William Whitelaw, Medical Officer of Health for the district, was born in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, on 22nd June 1887. He studied under Maurice Greiffenhagen RA at the Glasgow School of Art and at the age of 17 joined the staff of the Glasgow Evening News as a cartoonist. During the First World War Whitelaw served in the Tank Corps.

    After the Armistice Whitelaw worked for Punch Magazine. The critic, Percy V. Bradshaw, called him "a first-class draughtsman... with a splendid sense of character and unerring feeling for composition."

    In 1938 replaced Will Dyson as staff cartoonist on the The Daily Herald and he held the position throughout the Second World War. He was replaced by David Low in 1949.

    George Whitelaw died on 19th September 1957.

    George Whitelaw contributed greatly to the British satirical response to the Second World War, working alongside contemporaries such as HM Bateman, Cyril Bird (Fougasse) and Sir David Low.
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