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'Boxing match at Little Twitten Cricket Club'. 'Sillince' William Augustus Sillince 1906-1974. Original pencil drawing artwork on textured oil paper for a cartoon printed full page in Punch on the 19th October 1955. The cartoon shows the village cricket ground at Little Twitten, with pavilion, sightscreen, benches, cows etc to background with a boxing match being held on the square and a small crowd of supporters cheering. Signed Sillince and dated 6th September in pencil to top corner. The cartoon measures 11"x15". Excellent image. Sold with a copy of the printed page taken from Punch. G
William Sillance was a regular contributor to Punch and other magazines from the mid 1930's and became art editor in 1937 and was best known as a war-time cartoon artist and retained that position until the early 1950's. He continued to contribute to Punch until his death in 1974. His work features in numerous public collections