Leslie Gilbert Illingworth, distinguished cartoonist (mainly Daily Mail)
born 1902, died in Hastings 1979.
Illustrative work to demonstrate how firm were his
drawing techniques. He had after all studied
at the Royal College and the Academie Julien.
In my youth I loathed his very name as his cartoons drew their
inspiration from the editor and the conservative bone-headed
political beliefs of the Daily Mail
and indeed PUNCH. I have been unfair. But so what!
His brushwork here shows a livelier and more puckish side.