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Cartoons & Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster

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Osbert Lancaster was one of the most famous artistic personalities of his generation. National fame sprang from his invention of the pocket cartoon, which first appeared in 1939 in Beaverbrook's "Daily Express." Over the next forty years, he created a cast of characters, headed by the straight talking Countess, Maudie Littlehampton, which, every day, kept the nation chuckling. Osbert's witty depictions of architectural styles, such as Stockbrokers' Tudor and Curzon Street Baroque brought him to prominence in the 1930s. ...

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Cartoons & Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster 2009, Frances Lincoln

ISBN-13: 9780711229389

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