David Low – SIGNED LETTER 1935

A fine autograph letter from David Low to Cyril Lakin, Esq. Literary Editor, Sunday Times, dated October 20th 1935, typed on headed light grey writing paper – ‚’3 Rodborough Road, Golders Green, NW11 Speedwell 3772′ – with one horizontal fold, signed in black ink.

In full: ‚’Dear Mr Lakin, Thank you very much for inviting me to speak at the ‚ÄúSunday Times‚Äù Book Exhibition on November 9th. I deeply appreciate the honour you do me, but regret that I am unable to accept. Yours faithfully, David Low.’

David Low (1891‚Äì1963), was a New Zealand-born cartoonist and satirist, who became one of the defining political artists of twentieth-century Britain. Working chiefly for the Evening Standard, he created Colonel Blimp in 1934, a pompous, reactionary figure skewering complacent military and imperial attitudes. Low’s bold, economical line and fierce anti-fascist wit made him feared by dictators and admired by readers. His cartoons remain models of moral clarity, ridicule and graphic force in public argument.