Sir Osbert Lancaster (British, 1908-1986), “ And Here’s Some...

Hammer

£80

Sir Osbert Lancaster (British, 1908-1986), “ And Here’s Someone Else Who Can Hardly Wait to Welcome us Home! “, original ink and blue chalk satire cartoon. Cartoon depicts Maudie Countess of Littlehampton returning to the UK with her husband to an Inland Revenue letter and their pet dog jumping up to welcome them back – the cartoon juxtaposes these two images with its caption. Signed lower middle. Framed and glazed. The Redfern Gallery Ltd Label to reverse. Maudie Countess of Littlehampton was perhaps Lancaster’s most famous character, a regular character in his pocket cartoons in the Daily Express. 14cm x 24.5cm.