1. BEATON, Al [1923-1967]. [1st Class
Citizens Only.] signed inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Wed.’ 11 ½” x 14”
(29.5 x 35.7cm). ink on paper.
Born
in Vancouver, Beaton served with
the RCAF during the Second World War.
After graduating from
the Vancouver School of Fine Art Beaton was
eventually hired by Vancouver
Province in 1953 and in
1961 joined the Toronto Telegram. Though he produced many great caricatures for both papers
he often found himself censored & restricted by his superiors, especially
John Bassett of The Toronto Telegram.
Desbarats &
Mosher. The Hecklers A History of Canadian Political
Cartooning and a Cartoonists’ History of Canada. p. 228.
2.
BEATON, Al [1923-1967]. A Flag We Can All Salute. Signed
& titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Wednesday’. 14
½” x 11 ½” (37.2 x 29.4cm). ink
on paper.
3. BEATON, Al [1923-1967]. And So Ad Infinitum. signed &
titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Saturday’. 14
½” x 11 ½” (37 x 29.5cm). ink
on paper (faint stain in right margin).
4.
BEATON, Al [1923-1967]. “Baby, Wait a While Longer;
‘Till your Little Wings are Stronger” (Old Nursery Rhyme). signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Thursday’. 14 ½” x 11 ½” (36.9 x 29cm). ink on paper.
5. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Brief
Welcome. signed & titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page –
Tuesday’. 14 ½” x 11
½” (36.8 x 29.1cm). ink on paper
(remnants of tape throughout margins, old sticker on verso, several pencil
inscriptions).
6.
BEATON, Al [1923-1967]. BRRRRR… signed & titled inside
image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page
– Monday’. 14 ½” x 11
½” (37 x 29.5cm). ink on paper (smudges
on verso).
7.
BEATON, Al [1923-1967]. Canada To Seek Immigrants
From Near East… signed & titled
inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Tuesday’. 14
½” x 11 ½” (36.8 x 29.3cm). ink
on paper (some staining to verso).
8.
BEATON, Al [1923-1967]. Choosing For The
Future. signed & titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page –
Tues.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.6 x 37cm). ink on paper (stain & sticker remnant in right margin).
9.
BEATON, Al [1923-1967]. City Of Toronto Housing & Welfare Satire. signed inside
image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page
– Wed.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.4 x 37.1cm).
ink on paper.
10. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “…Coming
Down The Stretch…” signed & titled
inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Mon.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½”
(29.6 x 37.2cm). ink on paper (some scuffing to
verso).
11. BEATON, Al [1923-1967]. [Donald Dean Summerville Mayor of Toronto 1962-1963]. signed inside image. inscribed
‘Rush Noon Edition Edit. Page.’ 14 ½” x 11 ½” (37 x 29.4cm). ink on paper (some scuffing & smudges on verso).
12. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. [Dorion Inquiry The Hot
Seat]. signed inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Friday.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.3 x 36.8cm). ink on paper (some scuffing & smudges on verso).
13. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Down And Out. signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Thurs.’ 11 ½” x
14 ½” (28.3 x 36.8cm). ink on
paper.
14. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. [Fixing The Pipe Lines of Government]. signed
inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Wednesday’. 11
½” x 14 ½” (29.1 x 37cm). ink
on paper.
15. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Getting Away From It
All. signed & titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Tues.’
11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.3 x 36.9cm). ink on paper.
16. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Getting There is Half
The Fun. signed &
titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Tues.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½”
(29.3 x 37cm). ink on paper.
17. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Go Left, Young
Man”. signed & titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page –
Tues.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.5 x 37.1cm). ink on paper.
18. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. [Grand
Launching NATO Multi-lingual Force]. signed
inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page –
Friday’. 11 ½” x 14 ½”
(29.3 x 36.8cm). ink on paper (remnants of old
sticker on verso).
19. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Greetings
Comrades… er… Amigos!”. signed
& titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Friday’. 11
½” x 14 ½” (29.7 x 37cm). ink
on paper (few stains on verso).
20. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Here’s That Man
Again. signed & titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page –
Tuesday’. 14 ½” x 11
½” (37 x 29.5cm). ink on paper
(scuffing to verso).
21. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “I Don’t See
Any Help on the Way, But They’re Sending up a
Dandy Barrage of Words…” signed & titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page –
Wednesday’. 14 ½” x 11 ½”
(36.7 x 29.1cm). ink on paper.
22. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “I Think They’ll Fit.” signed & titled inside
image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page
– Monday’. 14 ½” x 11
½” (36.9 x 29.2cm). ink on paper.
23. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “…Is WHO?
Action Line-ski? Tronna? Comrade Polyansky is Promise
WHAT?” signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Thurs.’ 11 ½” x
14 ½” (29.3 x 36.8cm). ink on
paper.
24. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Jet Age”
signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Mon.’ 11 ½” x 14
½” (29.4 x 36.7cm). ink on paper.
25. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “LBJ says
“Don’t Vote on the Basis of Fear” So I’ll Tell You Who I’m
For… Right After You Tell Me Who You are For...” signed & titled inside
image. inscribed ‘P.G. – Tues.’
13” x 14 ¾” (33.3 x 37.6cm). ink on
board.
26. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Leduc Glacier. signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page –Saturday’. 11 ½” x 14” (29.5 x 35.7cm). ink on paper.
27.
BEATON, Al [1923-1967]. [Liberal
Campaign H/Q The Crime Issue.] signed
inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Mon.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½” (28.6
x 36.6cm). ink on paper (staining in lower
right hand margin).
28. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. [Liberal Votes.] signed inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page –
Tues.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.1 x 36.9cm). ink on paper (sticker remnant on verso).
29. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Maybe… A
Little More Take-Home Pay..?”. signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Tues.’ 11 ¾” x
14 ½” (29.2 x 36.8cm). ink on
paper (stain in lower margin, remnant of sticker on verso).
30. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Nein.
signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Thurs.’ 11 ¾” x
14 ½” (29.8 x 37.1cm). ink on
paper.
31. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Not Now…
He’s Preparing For A Council Meeting.” signed & titled
inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Fri.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½”
(29.2 x 37cm). ink on paper (faint staining on
verso).
32. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Of Course,
It’ll Never Amount To Much….”
signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Saturday.’ 14 ½” x 11 ½” (37 x 29.3cm). ink on paper.
33. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Over
Our Politically Dead Bodies”. signed
& titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Thursday.’ 14
½” x 11 ½” (37 x 29.4cm). ink
on paper (some yellowing in upper and right margins).
34. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Pipe
Dream. picturing Donald Macdonald. signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Wednesday.’ 14 ½” x 11 ½” (37 x 29.4cm). ink on paper.
35. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. [R.A.
Butler & Fidel Castro.] picturing
Donald Macdonald. signed inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Friday.’
14 ½” x 11 ½” (36.5 x 29.4cm).
ink on paper.
36. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Release is just a
Donation Away. picturing Donald Macdonald. signed
& titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Fri.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.3
x 36.7cm). ink on paper.
37. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Required
Reading.
signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Thursday’. 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.1 x 36.9cm). ink on paper.
38. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Several Repair
Bills, the Bug Exterminator’s Estimate and Notice of a Rent
Increase”. signed & titled inside image.
inscribed ‘Edit. Page –
Thurs.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.4 x 36.7cm). ink on paper.
39. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Shattered
Image. signed & titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page –
Sat.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.6 x 37.2cm). ink on paper.
40. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. [The
Sleeping Deputy of Labour]. signed inside
image. Inscribed in pencil; ‘P.G. Sat.’ 13 ¼” x
15” (33.7 x 38.2cm). ink on board.
41. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Sorry, Pal, Tight
Schedule. Signed & titled inside image. Inscribed in pencil;
‘Edit Page Wednesday’. 14 ½” x 11
½” (37 x 29.4cm). ink on paper
(some scuffing & few light stains).
42. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Those Tenants
in the Basement Suite are Complaining Again.” signed & titled
inside image. 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.2 x
36.3cm). ink on paper.
43. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. [Threat of Another Election, with Apologies to “B.C.” &
Johnny Hart]. signed
inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Sat.’. 11 ½” x 14
½” (29.2 x 36.5cm). ink on paper.
44. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Trophy
Hunters. picturing Donald Macdonald. signed
& titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Saturday.’ 14
½” x 11 ½” (36.8 x 29.1cm). ink
on paper (upper right corner stained).
45. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. [Untitled.]
signed inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Saturday.’ 14 ½” x 11 ½” (36.9 x 29.1cm). ink on paper.
46. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. [Vote Today or…
Wait 3 Years for Another Chance.] signed inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Monday.’ 13 ¼” x 15” (33.5 x 38cm). ink on board.
47. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Wake Me Up When It’s All Over”. signed
& titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Sat.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½”
(29.3 x 36.9cm). ink on paper. $300
48. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Wanna Know A Secret?”. signed
& titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Fri.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.4
x 36.6cm). ink on paper.
49. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “We’ll
Tell Yuh The Reason For This
When We Know It…” signed & titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page –
Sat.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.4 x 36.8cm). ink on paper.
50. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Well, There
Goes My Sundays…” signed & titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page –
Sat.’ 13 ¼” x 14 ¾” (33.7 x 38cm). ink on board (3 pin holes in upper margin).
51. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “What Can I Do
For You Next?”.
signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Wed.’ 11 ½” x 14
½” (29.3 x 36.9cm). ink on paper.
52. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. Will The Real Mr. Polyansky Please Stand Up..? signed
& titled inside image with a stamp in the lower right corner that reads;
‘Strathmore Use Either Side’. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Thurs.’ 11 ½” x 14 ½”
(29.3 x 36.9cm). ink on paper.
53. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. [World
War Memorial.] signed inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Thurs.’.
11 ¼” x 14 ½” (28.6 x 36.6cm).
ink on paper.
54. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “Yoo Hoo, I’m Back. Anybody Home? Yoo Hoo…” signed & titled inside image. inscribed
‘Edit. Page – Saturday’. 11 ½” x 14 ½” (29.4 x 36.8cm). ink on paper (verso lightly stained).
55. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. “You Got
Problems… We Got Problems”. signed
& titled inside image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Tues.’ 11 ¾” x 14 ½”
(30 x 37.2cm). ink on paper.
56. BEATON,
Al [1923-1967]. You Were Expecting
Maybe Santa Claus? signed & titled inside
image. inscribed ‘Edit. Page – Saturday’.
14 ½” x 11 ½” (36.8 x 29.2cm).
ink on paper (smudge in right hand margin).
57. “BING”
COUGHLIN, WILLIAM. [b. 1912]. [Mr. Sparrow – What Kind Of A Board
“Seal” Did You Ask Mr. Coates To Order.] signed
in ink. 10 ¼” x 8 ¾” (26.2 x
21.2cm). ink on paper.
Bing
spent the Second World War drawing humorous caricatures and cartoons of
Canadian troops in Italy.
These cartoons were later printed in The
Maple Leaf.
Desbarats &
Mosher. The Hecklers A History of Canadian Political
Cartooning and a Cartoonists’ History of Canada. p. 230.
58. FRANKLIN,
Ed [b. 1921]. Play Now Pay Later
– Chargex. (cartoon
for 1968 Christmas season). signed inscription to the
Canadian Artist, Walter Council. 17 ¾” x 13
¼” (45.3 x 33.8cm). Ink drawings.
Before
moving to Toronto Franklin was born in and worked mainly out of Texas. Franklin
was employed by many newspaper and magazines, including; The Houston Press, The Houston Post, The Saturday Evening Post (New York), Argosy, True, The
Globe and Mail & The Toronto
Star.
59. GREENE,
Thomas Garland [1875-1955]. [Dog Humour #1]. 13” x 9
¼” (entire sheet 32.8 x 23.6cm). ink
(two pin holes, hunts of spotting & soiling).
Greene
was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, draughtsman, author and art instructor.
He was a founding member of the Canadian Society of Painters, the Canadian
Society of Graphic Arts and the Malhstick Club in Toronto. He was also a
member of the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian
Academy.
60. GREENE,
Thomas Garland [1875-1955]. [Dog Humour #2]. 13” x 9
¼” (entire sheet 33 x 23.5cm). ink
(hints of spotting, soiling & foxing).
61. KAUFMANIS,
Rusins [b. 1925]. Glenn Gould. signed inside image. 24”
x 18” (60.8 x 45cm). watercolour on paper (very
faint foxing throughout & several small surface tears).
Desbarats &
Mosher. The
Hecklers A History of Canadian Political Cartooning and a Cartoonists’
History of Canada.
p. 249.
62. KAUFMANIS,
Rusins [b. 1925]. Sir Ernest Macmillan. signed inside image.
24” x 18” (60.7 x 45.2cm). watercolour on
paper (vertical wrinkling in upper & lower edges of image, faint smudge
near right edge).
63.
LA PALME, Robert [b. 1908]. À Chacum selon ses
carpacite’s. M. L. Houlé
M.S.R.C. – On ma mal conipuis – j’avai dernandé une job a. la censure… titled in pencil. signed in ink. 14 ½” x
22” (36 x 56 cm). ink & watercolour.
Headline from newspaper regarding the
censorship of the theatre written by Léopold Houle entiled “Pourquoi pas un censeur du théâtre?”.
64.
LA PALME, Robert [b. 1908]. Alain Grandbois Hommage a natu paête lauréat
– de la S.J.-B. signed in ink & titled
in pencil. 13 ½” x 21 ½” (35.2 x
55.4 cm). ink & watercolour.
65.
LA PALME, Robert [b. 1908]. Bertrand Russell William Faulkner [Ink
Titles of Portraits]. Les Prix Nobel pour la litterature [Pencil Title]. signed
in ink. 13 ½” x 20” (drawing; 34 x 50.7
cm). 14 ¼” x 22” (entire sheet; 36
x 56.4 cm). ink & watercolour
drawing.
66.
LA PALME, Robert [b. 1908]. Claude-Henri Grignon…de
parte ouverte.
signed in ink. titled in
pencil on mat. 13” x 19 ½” (33.1 x 50.2
cm). ink & watercolour
(sketch drawing on verso).
Shows Grignon
putting a Ronson lighter in a fire.
67.
LA PALME, Robert [b. 1908]. Le plus grand reporter du Canada
– Edmond Chassé [Québec
Journalist]. Titled in pencil (subject’s
name in another hand). Inscribed in ink: En Témoignage
Damitié Et D’Admiration La Palme. Dated 4.[19]50.
Titled (Inscribed) in Coloured Pencil: ‘Damn
Rush’. 14 ½” x 22 ¾” (36.1 x
57.4 cm). watercolour
& ink. $600
68.
LA PALME, Robert [b. 1908]. Marie-Alain Couturier O.P. [1941]. signed
in ink. 15 ¼” x 11 ¼” (39 x 29 cm).
ink drawing with white applied to background (stains
to lower corner).
Drawing was published in L’Action
Catholique (Québec: 1941).
La Palme The
First Twenty Years Of The Canadian Caricaturist, p. 92 (illus.).
69.
LA PALME, Robert [b. 1908]. Rene Garneau [Upper margin
title]. Daucuns voudraient
craire que ce ruban
imbilical naus relie sans retour à Marianne. signed in
ink. titled in pencil. 14” x 22” (36 x 56
cm). ink
& watercolour.
70.
LA PALME, Robert [b. 1908]. Q…Qui suis-je?
R…Nicole Germain. signed
& dated [19]47 in ink. small typed label with
title at lower left corner. 15” x 12” (38 x 30 cm). watercolour & ink drawing.
Drawing was published in Le Canada (Montréal:
1948).
La Palme The
First Twenty Years Of The Canadian Caricaturist, p. 92 (illus.).
71. MACPHERSON,
Duncan [b.
1924]. T.T.C., Toronto, Canada…
Sign It, “Big Daddy”. [caricature of Fred
Gardiner]. signed & titled. 9
½” x 12” (24.5 x 30.3cm). ink
(portion of dotted plastic lifted but still attached and present).
As
a winner of the National Newspaper Award an unprecedented 6 times (1959,
’60, ’62, ’65, ’70, ’72)
and an elected member of the Canadian News Hall of Fame, Macpherson
has had an amazing career. He was employed by numerous newspaper &
magazines such as; The Standard (now ‘Weekend’), Maclean’s and most importantly, The Toronto Star.
72. REPPEN,
Jack [1933-1964]. [Baseball
Caricature.] signed in ink. 13 ¾” x 14 ½” (35.3 x 36.9cm). ink on paper (contains many pencil inscriptions throughout,
several tiny ink stains in lower right corner and two small stickers near left
and right edge of image).
73. REPPEN,
Jack [1933-1964]. Bilko Bebins…
signed in ink, titled & dated ‘Tuesday Sept 17’ in pencil. contains caricatures of Bilko,
Paul Ford, Elizabeth Frazer, Phil Silvers, Jack Healy, Maurice Gosfield (Doberman) & Baby Bilko.
24” x 10” (61 x 25.5cm). ink on board (board
pulling apart in lower right corner, sunning (?) to portion of image, many
pencil inscriptions throughout margins).
74. REPPEN,
Jack [1933-1964]. [Football
Caricature.] signed in ink. 11” x 23 ¾” (27.7 x 60.3cm). ink on board
(many ink stains mainly on right side of, several pencil marks and illegible
inscriptions, two date stamps reading; ‘Engraving room no. 2 Nov. 8
4:05pm 1960’ & ‘1960 Nov. 8 am 11:22’, large blue
coloured ‘X’ marked in right side of image).
75. REPPEN,
Jack [1933-1964]. Perpetual
Motion. [Sam Etchverry Cartoon]. signed in
ink & titled in pencil in upper margin. 15” x 10” (37.9 x 25.3cm).
ink on board (few pencil inscriptions throughout
margins & date stamp; ‘1959 Sep. 29 am 10.31’).
76.
REPPEN, Jack [1933-1964]. Real Cool. Ray Coole. signed in ink & titled in pencil. 20
½” x 15 ½” (52 x 39.5cm). ink
on board (few pencil inscriptions throughout, scuffing to right edge, upper
left corner rubbed & lower right corner of board separating).
77. REPPEN,
Jack [1933-1964]. [Satirical
Caricature of Music & Culture.] signed in
ink. 14 ½” x 10 ¼” (37.2 x 26.5cm).
ink on board (upper left corner bent and torn but
still attached, slightly worn in lower right edge of image, sticker &
remnants of glue in upper margin).
78. REPPEN,
Jack [1933-1964]. Veni Vidi Vici Video.
[Sid Ceasar & Imogene Coca]. signed
in ink & titled in pencil. 16 ½” x 22”
(41.7 x 56.2cm). ink on board (few ink &
pencil inscription in lower margin).
79. REPPEN,
Jack [1933-1964]. Y.A.
Tittle Feat of the Week. signed inside image and titled on mount. 12” x
9” (30.2 x 22.7cm). ink on paper (lower right
corner trimmed around image, previously mounted on board (board still present),
several pencil inscriptions on board).
"A Canadian Soldier's Life At
The Front"
80. RUTTER, Guy Warwick [1893-1952]. Guy Warwick Rutter, son of Arthur F. Rutter
of Warwick Brothers & Rutter, enlisted in
1915. A Lieutenant in the 4th
Canadian Mounted Rifles, he served at Neuve Eglise, Ploegsteert, Wulverghem, Poperinghe, Ypres Salient and Mount Sorrel
from November 1915 to June 1916. He was wounded in the right arm and leg at the
Battle of Mount Sorrel (Sanctuary Wood) on June 2nd, 1916. After
hospitalization and thirteen months of treatment, Lieutenant Rutter regained partial use of his right arm.
Lieutenant Rutter is mentioned in Bennett's regimental history of the
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles: "On December 3rd, a patrol discovered a
German working party on the Wulverghem-Messines Road
beyond the low ground on the rather wide No-Man's Land on this sector.
Lieutenant G.W. Rutter, a Sergeant, a Corporal and
ten men of "C" Squadron volunteered. The raid was to take place
behind the screen of an artillery bombardment but unfortunately this drew the
enemy's fire in a counter-bombardment and put the opposing troops on the alert.
Lieutenant Rutter scattered his party, took one man
and crossed the marshy ground to the barrier, making a complete reconnaissance,
although entirely exposed to the enemy by flares and rockets which lighted the
whole ground." (Bennett, The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles
1916-1919, pp. 11-12)
Rutter’s Hun Hunting cartoons were offered for
publication in Canadian newspapers. Most of the cartoons are dated either 1917
or 1918 and, presumably, the undated ones were also prepared in the same years;
he was convalescing for the last half of 1915 and much of 1916. The promotional
insert from the British & Colonial Press, Ltd. (Toronto) states: "Every cartoon depicts
some event which actually occurred, dealt with in a more or less serious vein.
Two cartoons a week for an indefinite period. Price $3.00 per week, and sold to
only one paper in any town or city."
The irony and
humour of the life of a front-line soldier and officer in World War I is
clearly communicated in Rutter’s cartoons. His
soldiers, including the recurring Lieutenant Binks
and Private Jones, are filling sandbags, wading in water, caught in trees and
shelled buildings, abandoning billets, encountering the enemy, trying to sleep through shell and
mortar fire and living with mud, water, lice and rats.
Beginning
with his enlistment and ending at the Ypres Salient,
Lieutenant Rutter's witty and erudite letters to his
family provide important information on the First World War and a Canadian
Soldier’s life at the front. The two bound volumes contain typed
transcripts of his correspondence from June 10th, 1915 to May 14th 1916;
Lieutenant Rutter's mother reportedly hired a
stenographer to preserve his letters in typewritten form. His letters are very
interesting and entertaining, and at the same time, informative. He provides observations and commentary
on a variety of subjects: England
in wartime, London
blackouts, 'white feathers', censorship, 'trench cough', battles, trench warfare,
reconnaissance &c. In a letter dated November 5th, 1915, Lieutenant Rutter writes: "We were in easy speaking distance of
Fritz last night. In some places the lines were only 35 yds.
apart. Fritz said he was in mud up to his neck and
intimated he was pretty well fed up. You know this is a darn foul war. We
"hated" them for a bit this afternoon with artillery, and they
"hated" us back, and then both sides quit and went to
dinner." On November 16, 1915
he describes the daily dispensation of rum: ""Stand to" happens
some time before day-break. Just before we go out to make our inspections of
the trench, we (the officers) have our "Set-up" consisting of Tea and
Rum. After we make the rounds, we come back and have another shot of
"set-up", Rum and Tea this time. Then we issue the men with Rum,
which seems to pep them up a bit."
A
signed copy of a rare pamphlet written, illustrated and privately published by
Lieutenant Rutter in 1919 is included. Frightfulness
includes cartoons and humorous sketches on his wartime experiences. “…We used to think we were
Cavalry once (They call us the C.M.R.’s)…
We used to strut around with Whips and Spurs And Pistols and Stetson Hats, But
now we’re holding the Front Line Trench The C.M.R.’s
– and the Rats.! Capt. Tweedie…(Apologies to Rudyard Kipling).”
This collection also includes sixteen
printed reunion invitations illustrated (and possibly captioned) by Rutter from 1938 to 1951. Most include cartoons and
humorous text relating to the First World War. “It’s Just Twenty Years
Since The War To End War Assured All And Sundry Of
Peace Evermore. Now, From Rumours We Hear, It Is Only Too Plain That Before Very Long We’ll Be At It Again! The Good Old
Days, Lousy And Mud-Soaked Are Gone…Two Machine Guns Per Company,
Unsteady And Slow – Six Planes In The Heavens Were Really A Show!…”. (Fourteenth Annual Reunion Nov. 12th,
1938)
Several
miscellaneous drawings (one of Hitler), initials and J.D.
Woods & Gordon Limited advertising material are also included. After the
war Rutter illustrated several Wilson MacDonald books
(Caw-caw ballads, Paul Marchand and Quintrains of “Callender”)
and his cartoons appeared in Toronto
newspapers and magazines. He also
worked in business at York Knitting Mills Limited in Toronto and as a director of Continental
Life.
1. RUTTER, Guy Warwick. Hun Hunting [Cover Title]. folio. 32 drawings on 10” x 12” cards. ‘Hun
Hunting’ brochure (chipped & tattered), 4 pages on one 10” x 15
¾” leaf loosely inserted, with a biography and portrait of Rutter, pricing information for newspapers & three
samples of Rutter’s cartoons. contemporary bds. front cover with title in ink & original ink
caricature of a soldier (covers detached, very worn & chipped, front cover in two pieces
with remnants of cellotape repairs, some soiling,
wear & staining to margins, slanted crease to one drawing, one with
pinholes, one with insect damage & another with tear to lower margin).
I. Lieut. Binks believes he would be more satisfied if he belonged to
some unit that wore Leggings. initialled
G.W.R & dated [19]17. 7” x 9 ¾” (17.8 x 25.1 cm) ink,
graphite & watercolour drawing mounted on
10” x 12”
card with ink title.
II. Extract from
Divisional Orders “…It is notified for the information of all ranks
that Divisional Baths are now open… initialled
G.W.R. & dated [19]17. 7” x 10” (17.7 x 25.2 cm). ink, graphite & gouache drawing mounted on 10” x
12” card with ink title.
III. My dear Nephew:--
Having heard you speak so often in your letters of the “Bully Beef”
you get, I imagine it must be quite a luxury so I am sending you a
case----“ 7” x 10” (17.7 x 25.2 cm) ink, graphite,
gouache & watercolour drawing mounted on
10” x 12” card with ink title.
IV. “Gee Bill,
I’d hate to take the chances them fellers does!!” [Soldiers in trenches
watching aerial combat]. 10” x 6 ¾” (25.5 x 17.7 cm)
ink & graphite drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card with ink
title.
V. “Naw then, young feller, don’t be lyin’
about there all day; why don’t you up an’ do something.?”
7” x 9 ¾” (17.8 x 24.8 cm) graphite, ink, gouache & watercolour drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card
with ink title.
VI. Extract From
Intelligence Report. “…An Excellent spot has been discovered from
which to observe Enemy Fire……” 9 ¾” x 7” (25 x 17.7
cm) graphite, ink & watercolour drawing mounted
on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
VII. What to do with our
Prisoners has become a Question of Vital Importance. initialled G.W.R. & dated [19]17. 7” x
10” (17.8 x 25.2 cm) graphite, ink & watercolour
drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
VIII. Valcartier
1915 “I don’t think I’m going to like this War very
much!” initialled G.W.R. & dated
[19]17. 7” x 9 ¾” (17.7 x 25.8 cm) graphite, ink & watercolour drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card
with ink title.
IX. Recruiting 1917. initialled G.W.R. & dated 19[17].
7” x 9 ¾” (17.7 x 25.8 cm) ink, watercolour
& graphite drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
X. ? [Soldier
In Trench with ‘Not To Be Disturbed Sign’ Bombarded By Shell Fire].
7” x 10” (17.8 x 25.3 cm) ink, watercolour,
graphite & gouache on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
XI.
-. After The Raid.-
“Alright now Fritz, you quit throwin’
them things at me or I’ll come back an’ chase you to Berlin. 7”
x 9 ¾”
(17.7 x 25 cm) graphite
& ink mounted on 10” x
12” card with ink title.
XII. So this Is A Rest
Camp! intitialled G.W.R.
& dated [19]18. 7” x 10” (17.8 x 25 cm) ink, grey watercolour & gouache drawing mounted on 10” x
12” card with ink title.
XIII. “Boy, did you
notice a Motor Truck pass by here??” 7” x 10” (17.4 x
25.5 cm) graphite, ink & gouache drawing mounted on 10” x 12”
card with ink title.
XIV. “Dear Mother:- We moved from our Billets rather suddenly
to-day----.” initialled G.W.R. & dated
[19]18]. 7” x 10” (17.8 x 25.4 cm) graphite, gouache, watercolour & ink drawing mounted on 10” x 12”
card with ink title.
XV. “Never mind
who’s to empty this stuff after the War, just you ‘old that bag
steady!!” 7” x 9 ¾” (18” x 25 cm) graphite,
ink & gouache drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
XVI. Your King and
Country Need You Keep You Head Down!! initialled
G.W.R. & dated [19]18. 7” x 9 ¾” (17.9 x 25 cm)
graphite, ink, gouache & watercolour (17.8 x 25
cm) ink, grey watercolour & gouache drawing
mounted on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
XVII. Extract From
Intelligence Report:- “…Pte. Jones reports that, while repairing our wire, he was
attacked by a vicious hound, supposedly German, and trained for
Scouting…” graphite,
ink, gouache & watercolour 7” x 10”
(17.8 x 25 cm) ink, grey watercolour & gouache
drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
XVIII. The Disturber Something to lose Sleep Over. initialled G.W.R. & dated [19]17. 7” x
10” (17.9 x 25.2 cm) ink, watercolour &
graphite gouache drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
XIX. “And all the World’s at Peace”. initialled G.W.R. & dated
[19]17. 7” x 10” (17.8 x 25.4 cm) ink, graphite, watercolour & gouache drawing mounted on 10” x
12” card with ink title.
XX. Tommy (to Teutonic
Bomber). “Alright now, young Krupps, you come
along quietly or I’ll touch a match to you!! 7”
x 9 ¾” (17.7 x 24.7 cm). ink,
graphite, watercolour & gouache drawing mounted
on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
XXI. “Better not
come out while it’s raining, George you might get wet.!!”
7” x 9 ½” (17.8 x 24.5
cm) ink, graphite, watercolour & gouache drawing
mounted on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
XXII. “That’s
right, every time I builds a decent dug-out some has to come along an’
spoil it.!!!” initialled
G.W.R. & dated [19]18. 7” x 10” (17.5 x 25.5 cm) ink, watercolour & gouache drawing mounted on 10” x
12” card with ink title.
XXIII. That
“Wish-there-were-more-of-us” Sensation. initialled G.W.R. & dated [19]17. 7” x
10” (17.8 x 25.3 cm) graphite, ink, gouache & watercolour
drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
XXIV. Bullets Boulogne
and Blighty. initialled G.W.R. & dated [19]17. 7” x
10” (17.7 x 25.4 cm) graphite, ink & watercolour
drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
XXV. Even while on Leave,
Lieut. Binks remembers Plugstreet
methods of making Life Pleasant. initialled
G.W.R. & dated [19]17. 7” x 10” (17.8 x 25.3 cm) graphite, ink
& watercolour drawing mounted on 10” x
12” card with ink title.
XXVI. Maple Copse., Belgium
Dear Mother: - We have a very comfortable dug-out in support lines-splendid
furniture…There is fine ventilation and a good water supply quite handy. initialled G.W.R. & dated
[19]17. 7” x 10” (17.8 x 25.2 cm) graphite, ink, gouache & watercolour drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card
with ink title.
XXVII. To
Fritz With Love From Tommy! Pte. Jones remembers the – th
Commandment which states: -“Thou shall kill only Rats, Mice, Bugs,
Huns and other Vermin which ingest Dug-Outs and Shell-holes.” initialled G.W.R. & dated [19]17. 7” x 10”
(17.8 x 25.3 cm) graphite, ink & watercolour
drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card with ink title.
XXVIII. The Coal Supply
Was Excellent. initialled
G.W.R. & dated [19]17. 7” x 10” (17.8 x 25 cm) graphite, ink
& watercolour drawing mounted on 10” x
12” card with ink title.
XXIX. Extract From
Intelligence Report.- “…The wire along our
Front was inspected last night and found to be in excellent condition”. initialled G.W.R. & dated
[19]17. 7” x 10” (17.7 x 25.3 cm) ink, graphite & watercolour drawing mounted on 10” x 12” card
with ink title.
XXX. How Pte. Jones Explained the loss of
his Greatcoat. initialled
G.W.R. & dated [19]17. 7” x 10” (17.9 x 25.1 cm) ink, graphite
& watercolour drawing mounted on 10” x
12” card with ink title.
XXXI. For The Benefit Of The Newest Rookie. 1st Veteran
to 2nd Ditto. …”Hi mate, catch hold o’ this
gent’s ‘and while I chops his arm off... initialled
G.W.R. & dated [19]17. 7” x 10” (17.9 x 25.3 cm) ink, graphite
& watercolour drawing mounted on 10” x
12” card with ink title.
XXXII. In
The Piping Times Of Peace. Pte. Jones has hit upon a pleasant means of earning a
livelihood after the War. initialled
G.W.R. & dated [19]17. 7” x 10” (17.7 x 25.4 cm) ink, graphite
& watercolour drawing mounted on 10” x
12” card with ink title.
2. RUTTER,
Guy Warwick. Letters Guy W. Rutter
June 10th 1915 to Dec. 31st 1915 [Cover Title].
(Letters from Valcartier (Quebec), Shorncliffe (England), Flanders, Front Line Trenches in Belgium).
8vo. [ff. 175; versos blank). contemporary
roan (covers worn & tear to lower spine).
3. RUTTER, Guy Warwick. Letters
Guy W. Rutter Jan. 4th 1916 to May 14th
1916 [Cover
Title]. (Letters from Belgium).
8vo. [ff. 118; versos blank. five leaves loosely inserted). contemporary
roan (covers worn).
4. [RUTTER,
Guy Warwick]. Frightfulness. 8vo. [pp. 35]. many b/w illus. by Rutter. wrs. pictorial
dw. (covers detached but
present, outer edge of front dw. spotted with
complete tear to spine, & some soiling, mainly to margins). signed by Rutter & dated 1919.
[Toronto(?): Privately Printed, 1919].
5. [RUTTER, Guy Warwick]. Fourth C.M.R. Originals Fourteenth Annual Reunion Nov. 12 1938 King Edward
Hotel. Toronto. 12 lines of text “It’s Just Twenty Years Since The War To End War Assured
All…” & 2 illus. signed ‘Rutter’.
8 ½” x 11 ¼” leaf folded into four (verso blank). (faint creasing).
6. [RUTTER, Guy Warwick]. 4 C.M.R. Battalion Officers Mess Armistice Dinner Nov. 19 1938
Canadian Military Institute Toronto.
20 lines of text “Where are
the boys of yesteryear…” & 1 illus. signed ‘Rutter’. 8 ½” x 11 ¼” leaf
folded into four (verso blank).
7. [RUTTER, Guy Warwick]. Fourth C.M.R. Originals Sixteenth Annual Re-Union Nov. 9 1940 King Edward Hotel – Toronto.
22 lines of text “Gone Are
Carbines, Sabres, Lances…” & 2 illus.
Signed ‘Rutter 1940’. 8 ½” x
11” leaf folded into four (verso blank).
8. [RUTTER, Guy Warwick]. Seventeenth Annual Reunion Nov. 8th 1941 4th CMR Originals
King Edward
Hotel Toronto. 1 line of text “Something Tells Me We Got Into
The Wrong War, Bill!!!” signed ‘Rutter
1941’. 11” x 8 ½” leaf folded into two (verso blank).
(some creasing).
9. [RUTTER, Guy Warwick]. 18th Annual Re-Union 4th C.M.R. Originals.
Toronto 14th
Nov. ’42. 16 lines of text “Just Think back Twenty-Seven
Years…” & 2 illus. signed ‘Rutter
1942’. 8 ½” x 11” leaf folded into four (verso blank).
10. [RUTTER,
Guy Warwick]. Fourth C.M.R. Originals Nineteenth Annual Re-Union Toronto 12th Nov ’43. 10 lines of text “Order
Of Parade…” 3 illus. (by Rutter). 8 ½” x 11” leaf folded into
four (verso lank). (slanted crease to upper corners).
11. [RUTTER, Guy Warwick]. 20th Annual Re-union Nov. 11th 1944 4th
CMR Originals
King Edward
Hotel Toronto. Twelve
+ Lines of Text “Plug Street…”
& 3 illus. (by Rutter). 8 ½”
x 11” leaf folded into four (verso blank).
12. [RUTTER,
Guy Warwick]. 4 C.M.R. Originals 21st Annual
Re-Union Nov Tenth 1945 King
Edward Hotel. Toronto. Centre double-page illus.,
“Good Show Youngster!” showing a First World War soldier
congratulating a soldier of the Second World War & 1 of grenades, barbed
wire & other items carried by a soldier. 8 ½” x 11” leaf
folded into four (verso blank).
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