Fred Morgan Bandit Maximo Castillo England Philadelphia Inquirer 1914 Editorial Original Political Illustration Cartoon Newspaper Pen and Ink Drawing

Description:
Fred Morgan Bandit Maximo Castillo England Philadelphia Inquirer 1914 Editorial Original Political Illustration Cartoon Newspaper Pen and Ink Drawing from the Prestigious Charles L. Howard Collection

Fredrick Morgan was accomplished artist and cartoonist who was born in England and moved to America. According to info found on the internet his first signed cartoon was in the Inquirer in 1898 and his paintings have brought as much as a half of million dollars. After viewing this drawing we understand why, the work is exquisite. A larger than life hand with U.S. shirt cuffs reaches across the page grasping a serpent labeled “Maximo Castillo.” He has a skeletal face, and is wearing a ‘Bandit Castillo’ sombrero. Our estimates are high but the start bid is low. Signed lower left, Fred Morgan with Charles L. Howard Label bottom center matt. Red and black Cartoon Magazine cover label and Philadelphia Inquirer label on reverse.

Winning bidder will receive a Certificate of Authenticity with the drawing.

Approx. Dimensions or Size: 21x20 inches image site, 40x30 inches overall

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Estimated Weight of Package: 11 lbs.

Package size: 32 x 32 x 2

Cons./Inv. Code: The present lot is inventory number Clh 589 in the Charles L. Howard Collection, one of two hundred lots that will be continuously added to this online catalogue on a daily basis between today and the day of sale. The first 100 to 125 lots will be Important Original Illustration Art and the second 100 to 125 lots are comprised of Original Railroad Art. Please check our listings regularly during the coming days for many exciting discoveries.
Low & High Ests: 1000 /1500 Starting Bid: 250

The state of preservation of these original illustration drawings that are on average over 65 years old is quite exceptional. Very, very few have any creases, tears or losses to the paper and the ink has remained uniformly vivid thanks to the family’s dry flat storage. Given that these were working drawings from which prints were made the expected edge annotations, highlighting, inscriptions, pasted labels, tack holes, staples, glue residues and scattered corrections can be found variously on the examples as illustrated in the photographs. These all add to the authenticity and immediacy of the Wartime newsroom and pressroom atmosphere, serving to reinforce the iconic status of these rare surviving testimonies to the political illustrator’s art. In a few examples additional notations have been made in the description section of the catalogue text for significant damage, however the condition sensitive collector is encouraged to contact our sale expert for additional lot details in advance of the auction date.