HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY RONALD SEARLE!

3 MARCH - 3 APRIL 2010

We are thrilled to announce a large retrospective exhibition, to celebrate Ronald Searle’s 90th birthday.

With over 200 cartoons, illustrations and drawings for sale, all aspects of his astonishing career are represented, including work from Punch and the News Chronicle, reportage, and advertisements for Lemon Hart Rum.

In addition, the exhibition will be supplemented by major loans from private collections. These will include examples of his inimitable creations, Nigel Molesworth and the Girls of St Trinian’s, as well as work for Life magazine during the Nixon/Kennedy presidential campaign in 1960.

The official biography of Ronald Searle, written by Russell Davies, profusely illustrated, and with a comprehensive bibliography, is available from the gallery for £20 + p&p (£4 UK, £7 Europe & £14 world).

For further details on each picture, please click on the images or their titles

YEAH IT NEEDS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT GETS STONES OUT OF HORSES' HOOVES CLONING STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS: CHOOSE YOUR EQUIPMENT CAREFULLY
SEARLE'S-EYE VIEW
NO 29: ALFRED HITCHCOCK WELCOME BACK MOLESWORTH! 'I WISH I WAS CLEVER!'
THE FOOTBALL TEAM
PLAYED 8. WON 0. DRAWN 0. LOST 8 SO HERE IS CEDRIC, KNOWN ALREADY TO THE DISCERNING FEW FOR HIS SENSITIVE POEMS SUSPECT – THE LATE EDWINA BLACK
GREGORY BLACK ... MR STEPHEN MURRAY. HENRY MARTIN ... MR RAYMOND HUNTLEY. ELIZABETH GRAHAM ...MISS CATHERINE LACEY
SUPERMARKET CULTURE NAG NAG NOVICE
SAVED TWO IN HARMONY I
HAVE A GOOD RUM FOR YOUR MONEY PICKING HOLLY
TWO IN HARMONY II MR LEMON HART EARWIG CATCHING IN THE GARDEN BILLIARDS – MR LEMON HART AND MR LAMB'S NAVY RUM
LA NUIT ALAN DENT OBJECTS OF WORSHIP, I SHOULD IMAGINE ...
THE DOG HARPIST ISRECKO DIMITRIYEVICH, SAN ANTONIO CAMP, SALERNO THE SALESMAN
THE ADVERTISING MAN COTE D'AZUR IMAGINARY PORTRAITS NO 43: BERNARD BUFFET
SEARLE'S-EYE VIEW
NO 32: BRENDAN BEHAN SEARLE'S-EYE VIEW
NO 17: IRIS MURDOCH THE KING'S BREAKFAST
THE ROYAL GYM
WHO KILLED HOLLYWOOD SOCIETY? FINANCIAL TIC-TAC FILM PUBLICITY: WELCOME TO A FILM PERSON
SLIGHT SPLITTING OF PASTE-DOWNS GOURMET FAMOUS TRIALS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THE OJ SHOW HITS GB
INTO THE ROUGH FAST SERVICE SCRUM
HIGH BALL STRIKER NO CHOICE BUT TO SEND YOU BOTH TO PRISON
FOUR PASSPORTS MR CARTWRIGHT WAS COMMITTING TO MEMORY REGULAR GULPS
IN THE SWEATBOX PAT IN THE DOCK THE WINDOW SHATTERED
BOB – A WEED THE MAN FROM MARSEILLE BILL TALBOT – SUSPICIOUS
DOUG THE DETECTIVE SLIPPED BEHIND A MARBLE PILLAR YOUR ACCOUNTS ARE IN APPLE PIE ORDER
BOTH ON DUTY THE SAME NIGHT SOLD FOR FIVE THOUSAND TO MR GEORGE TSAKAING MALIK AVOIDS A COW
MALIK THE COMMISSIONER  

 

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