Sir David Low
(1891-1963), CartoonistSitter in 27 portraits
Artist associated with 495 portraits
New-Zealand-born Low produced over 14,000 drawings. He created a number of memorable comic characters, including Colonel Blimp, the TUC carthorse, Musso the pup, and the Coalition Ass. He published his first cartoon strip at the age of eleven. In 1908 he was appointed political cartoonist of the New Zealand Spectator and a year later he joined the Sydney Bulletin. In 1919 he was offered a job on the British Daily News and its evening paper, the Star, where he was commissioned to draw caricatures of politicians and literary figures. He moved to the Evening Standard in 1927, and later worked for the Daily Herald (1950-3) and Manchester Guardian (1953-63).
William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford
after Sir David Low
print, 1926
NPG D4533
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
after Sir David Low
print, 1926
NPG D4534
John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes
after Sir David Low
reproduction of drawing, published 1932
NPG D3410
after Sir David Low
photogravure, published 23 December 1933
NPG D8780
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 30 April 1949
NPG D43333
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 7 May 1949
NPG D43334
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 21 May 1949
NPG D43335
Edith Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 4 June 1949
NPG D43336
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 18 June 1949
NPG D43337
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 25 June 1949
NPG D43338
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 16 July 1949
NPG D43339
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 23 July 1949
NPG D43340
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 13 August 1949
NPG D43341
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 20 August 1949
NPG D43342
David McAdam Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 27 August 1949
NPG D43343
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