William Hickey
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1957-1961
Artist: Mel Calman (1931-1994)
Dimensions:
245 × 330 mm (24.5 × 33 cm)
330 × 235 mm (33 × 23.5 cm)
160 × 250 mm (16 × 25 cm)
235 × 130 mm (23.5 × 13 cm)
130 × 200 mm (13 × 20 cm)
20 × 210 mm (2 × 21 cm)
Medium: paper
ink
Object number: P.2016.303.M.1-6
DescriptionEarly cartoons for the William Hickey gossip column in the Daily Express:
.1 -1957 hunter with fox on a lead
.2 –1958 flying ballerina; group of bishops at a table; ladies in burkas
.3 –c1959 New Year – man popping out of champagne bottle; woman running from man in party hat; man in party hat trumpeting into man with crown’s ear
.4 –group of cartoons cut out and pasted on card – painter’s dilemma; at the circus; reward delayed; in the tin
.5 -1960 drawing in ink on recto and printed cartoon on verso of woman serving pot of tea to her dog in bed
.6 -1961 drawing in ink on recto and printed cartoon on verso of couple doing the Twist
(C) S & C Calman
.1 -1957 hunter with fox on a lead
.2 –1958 flying ballerina; group of bishops at a table; ladies in burkas
.3 –c1959 New Year – man popping out of champagne bottle; woman running from man in party hat; man in party hat trumpeting into man with crown’s ear
.4 –group of cartoons cut out and pasted on card – painter’s dilemma; at the circus; reward delayed; in the tin
.5 -1960 drawing in ink on recto and printed cartoon on verso of woman serving pot of tea to her dog in bed
.6 -1961 drawing in ink on recto and printed cartoon on verso of couple doing the Twist
(C) S & C Calman
