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).
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, September 1925
NPG x138014
by Howard Coster
print, 1935
NPG x1993
by Howard Coster
print, 1935
NPG x2378
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1935
NPG Ax136127
by George Courtney Ward
vintage print, 1949
NPG x135638
by Geoffrey Ireland
semi-matte bromide print on card mount, 1950s
NPG x32728
by Geoffrey Ireland
glossy bromide print, 1950s
NPG x32727
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, 1943 or before
NPG D23343
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