An original Joseph Lee artwork for an Evening Standard cartoon set outside Earl's Court before the Freddie Mills v Joey Maxim World Light Heavyweight
Hammer:
£55
Estimate:
£80 - £120
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An original Joseph Lee artwork for an Evening Standard cartoon set outside Earl's Court before the Freddie Mills v Joey Maxim World Light Heavyweight Title boxing match 24th January 1950, signed, pen & ink and blue crayon, the cartoon featuring a political campaigner ahead of the 1950 General Election being forcibly ejected from the arena by a doorman with the caption reading ''... AND THIS TIME STAY OUT. WE INTEND TO HAVE ONE EVENING FREE FROM POLITICS ... QUARELLING ... FIGHTING !'', mounted, framed & glazed, overall 48 by 38cm.