['Phipps', Daily Mail cartoonist. ] Original Signed and dated cartoon of a monocled toff addressing a dog.

1p., small 4to. On leaf removed from autograph album. In very good condition, lightly-aged. A charming, energetic cartoon, taking up the whole of the page. Depicts a haughty toff with a monocle, looking down his nose at a Scottie dog while saying 'When I was a boy, Sir . .' The dog, in the bottom right-hand corner replies: 'When I was a Pup, Sir . .' Signed at bottom left: 'Phipps. | 15.6.39.' Educated at Lancing College and Oxford, Phipps started with the Daily Mail straight from university in 1929. At one stage he drew fashion drawings and then a strip 'Judy' for the Evening Standard. He was Art Editor of the Daily Mirror from 1949 to 1953, and then rejoined Associated Newspapers as Art Editor. See also the four-page article on Phipps by Percy V. Bradshaw in the 'Artists of Note' series in The Artist magazine, August 1941. From an album compiled by the daughter of a technician at Twickenham Film Studios.