Cartoons by Robert Stewart Sherriffs, 1920s-1930s
39 Portraits in set
Ink, wash, crayon and pencil drawings of mainly literary and theatrical personalities of the 1920s and 1930s by cartoonist Robert Sherriffs. His caricature of John Barrymore in the Bystander led to a series of drawings of celebrities in the Sketch. He also drew for the Radio Times and after the war he became film caricaturist for Punch. This collection covers the years from 1926 to 1939.
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink, circa 1928-1936
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and pencil, circa 1928-1936
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and pencil, circa 1928-1936
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink, circa 1928-1936
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Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink, 1929
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and pencil, 1934
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and pencil, 1934
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink, 1936
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink, 1936
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Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink, 1926
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink, 1927
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and chalk, probably late 1920s
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and wash, probably late 1920s
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George Bernard Shaw; Edith Sitwell; Sir Osbert Sitwell; Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Bt
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink, 1927-1930
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and pencil, probably late 1920s
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and wash, late 1920s
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(Richard Horatio) Edgar Wallace
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
black ink, white paint and pencil, circa 1927
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David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and crayon, probably late 1920s or early 1930s
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pencil, probably late 1920s or early 1930s
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'Dean Inge, by his articles in a well-known journal, forfeits his amateur status'
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and crayon, 1928-1931
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Walter de la Mare and Little Red Riding Hood
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and crayon, 1929
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George Robey in 'Laughter over London'
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and wash, 1936
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and wash, 1937
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Dame (Florence) Lilian Braithwaite
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and wash, 1937
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and chalk, 1937
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Ann Harding as Carol Howard and Basil Rathbone as Gerald Lovell in 'Love from a Stranger'
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and wash, 1937
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and sepia wash, 1938
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and wash, 1938
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and wash, 1938
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and chalk
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