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).
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 3 September 1949
NPG D43344
Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 24 September 1949
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after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 9 April 1949
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after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 16 April 1949
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Barbara Jackson (née Ward), Baroness Jackson
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 23 April 1949
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after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 28 May 1949
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after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 11 June 1949
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after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 2 July 1949
NPG D43351
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 9 July 1949
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after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 30 July 1949
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Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 6 August 1949
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after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 10 September 1949
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after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 17 September 1949
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after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 1 October 1949
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after Sir David Low
photogravure, September 1923; published 13 February 1926
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