*JOSEPH LEE WW2 'SMILING THROUGH' CARTOON, 1942, an original pen and ink military artwork cartoon for the London Evening News by Joseph Lee (1901-1974), depicting a cocktail shaker joke with women workers in an ammunition factory with the title, 'SMILING THROUGH: Stronger Stuff', 'Yes, yes, I understand all about these things but surely, my dear man, this is no time for Cocktails?', signed Lee, dated in pencil 15-1-42, 55 x 40cm Joseph Lee worked for Strand Magazine and Pall Mall Gazette before joining the Sunday Express. However, as a committed socialist, Lee resigned from the Sunday Express in 1926, to protest against their attitude to the General Strike. From 1934 to 1966, Lee worked for the London Evening News, which featured his very popular 'Smiling Through' and 'London Laughs' series of joke drawings. These were the first non-political topical cartoons in Britain. *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
*JOSEPH LEE WW2 'SMILING THROUGH' CARTOON, 1942, an original pen and ink military artwork cartoon for the London Evening News by Joseph Lee (1901-1974), depicting a cocktail shaker joke with women workers in an ammunition factory with the title, 'SMILING THROUGH: Stronger Stuff', 'Yes, yes, I understand all about these things but surely, my dear man, this is no time for Cocktails?', signed Lee, dated in pencil 15-1-42, 55 x 40cm Joseph Lee worked for Strand Magazine and Pall Mall Gazette before joining the Sunday Express. However, as a committed socialist, Lee resigned from the Sunday Express in 1926, to protest against their attitude to the General Strike. From 1934 to 1966, Lee worked for the London Evening News, which featured his very popular 'Smiling Through' and 'London Laughs' series of joke drawings. These were the first non-political topical cartoons in Britain. *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
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