Hugh McNeill - Set of 4 Mid 20th Century Mixed Media Harold Hare Illustrations

Description

Hugh McNeill - Set of 4 Original Mid 20th Century Mixed Media. Three graphite drawings and one in pen and ink, as shown. Unsigned. On wove. Condition is typical for a picture of this age including some minor discolouration.

Hugh McNeill was one of the major contributors to British comics who helped change the face of British comics in the 1940s. He had learned his trade via Kayebon Studios where he was apprenticed at the age of 16, and evening classes at the Manchester School of Art. McNeill had already shown a talent for drawing at school, producing pictures of teachers, pupils and animals to entertain his classmates; before long he spread his wings to local church magazines and became the official cartoonist for the Manchester City Boxing Club, producing a booklet of cartoons for sale at boxing matches. McNeill was present in the first issue of The Beano (30 July 1938) and after the war McNeill began drawing adventure strips.

Size

15.2 x 14.9cm (6" x 5.9")