A group of six original artworks for cartoons satirising the Grand National and Mirabel Topham, i) by Reg Smythe (Daily Mirror) titled ANDY CAPP, AINT
£200 - £300
A group of six original artworks for cartoons satirising the Grand National and Mirabel Topham, i) by Reg Smythe (Daily Mirror) titled ANDY CAPP, AINTREE RACE COURSE, 'MRS TOPHAM THINKS I'M FICTITIOUS'; ii) by Leslie Illingworth (Daily Mail) titled ANY CHANGE AT BUTLER'S BROOK, a reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard Austen Butler and dated Feb 16th 1955; iii) by Burns titled GRAND NATIONAL 1952, SPLENDID VIEW OF THE COURSE, 'WHEN I SAID THEY'RE OFF I MEANT YOUR MOTHER AND LITTLE ALFIE!; iv) by Roy Ullyett titled I THOUGHT SOCCER WAS A MAN'S GAME, SOCCER SQUAWKS AT MRS TOPHAM'S GRAND NATIONAL TV DEAL; v) by Chrys [George Chrystal] titled 1952 I GOT A MIKE, 1957 I GOT A PHONE (AT ?5,000 A TIME) AND 19-? I GOT A HORSE; vi) and an anonymous cartoon based on the financial problems of the Grand National and featuring three boats named LEVY BOARD, MIRABELLE and AINTREE GRAND NATIONAL, various sizes