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THE MICHAEL WINNER COLLECTION OF Donald McGill - 14th march to 8th april

Please note this exhibition is now over and the pictures contained within it may have been sold. To see the current list of works held by the gallery for a particular artist please visit the Artist’s section of the site.

From the 14th of March the Chris Beetles Gallery will host the world's largest collection of previously unseen Donald McGill postcard artwork.

As the maestro of double entendre he has both received high acclaim and caused much scandal. Prosecuted in 1957 for obscenity, McGill's images no longer shock the enlightened audience but continue to amuse and delight.

With a unique and instantly recognisable style, Donald McGill was singled out by George Orwell in 1941 as "the most prolific and by far the best of contemporary postcard artists... the most perfect in the tradition".

McGill's artistic skill and bawdy humour are now made interesting by his unconscious and historical social commentary; his appeal is as fresh now as it was then in our present age of leisure - behaving badly from Blackpool to Ibiza.

WHERE OH WHERE'S THAT SYLPH LIKE FIGURE? THE SLENDER WAIST, OH WHERE IS THAT? THOSE ANKLES TRIM EACH DAY GET BIGGER, DARLING YOU ARE GETTING FAT!	YOU'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW WE ARRIVED SAFELY	I SLEPT WITH SOMETHING HOT LAST NIGHT!
I'M AFRAID I'VE RUN OUT OF TALCUM POWDER MADAM, BUT IF YOU'D WALK THIS WAY - !	A BLOW ON THE SIEGFRIED LINE!	THIS IS THE FINEST WATERING-PLACE ON THE CANAL!
A GIRL MAY LOOK A PERFECT PICTURE AT NIGHT BUT A PERFECT SKETCH IN THE MORNING!	THAT'S WHERE DAD IS!	I SHOULD THINK SO INDEED! THE HUSSY OUGHT TO BE INTERNED!!
YES, SIR, IF A LAD'S GOT ANYTHING IN HIM, THE SEA WILL FETCH IT OUT!	THE BOATING IS LOVELY HERE. THE SEA IS JUST AS SMOOTH AS A BABY'S BOTTOM LE	IT'S A WISE CHILD THAT KNOWS HIS OWN FATHER!