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Bloghorn draws our attention to two political cartoon exhibitions featuring cartoons lampooning Conservative leader David Cameron open in London next week, at the
Chris Beetles Gallery and the
Political Cartoon Gallery.
Peter Brookes: The Best of Times, is at the Chris Beetles Gallery from Monday 12th October until the end of the month. It features more than 100 of Brookes’s most recent cartoons from
The Times will be on display and signed copies of the book accompanying the show are available from the gallery.
Drawings by Brookes also feature in
Cameron in Caricature, an exhibition of 60 cartoons charting the fortunes of David Cameron since he became Leader of the Conservative Party in December 2005, at the
Political Cartoon Gallery from next Tuesday (13th October) until 24th December.
Due to his upbringing and education, Cameron is often portrayed as a toff and is portrayed by
Martin Rowson of the
Guardian as Little Lord Fauntleroy. After Cameron called for greater transparency in the publication of both Commons' expenses and councils' expenditure,
Steve Bell, also of the
Guardian, now draws him as Dave the Jellyfish.
As well as cartoons by Bell and Rowson, there are also cartoons of Cameron by Brookes and
Morten Morland of
The Times,
Dave Brown and
Peter Schrank of
The Independent,
Ingram Pinn of the
Financial Times, and
Andy Davey of
The Sun, among many other leading cartoonists.
• The Chris Beetles Gallery, at 8 and 10 Ryder Street, St James’s, London (nearest Tube Green Park or Piccadilly Circus) is open Mon-Sat, 10am–5.30pm. Web: www.chrisbeetles.com
• The Political Cartoon Gallery, 32 Store Street, London, is open Mon-Fri 9.30am–5.30pm and Sat 11.30am–5.30pm. Web: www.politicalcartoon.co.uk
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