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JOHN "SPEEDY" HARRISON - ORIGINAL ART SIGNED - HFSID 156237

Ink drawing inspired by the knighting of Charlie Chaplin Original Art signed: Speedy", 11½x8¼. Ink caricature of "the Little Tramp" swinging his cane and approaching a medal, titled in pencil on verso: "C.C. knighthood.

Price: $320.00

Condition: Fine condition
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[CHARLIE CHAPLIN]; JOHN "SPEEDY" HARRISON
Ink drawing inspired by the knighting of Charlie Chaplin
Original Art signed: Speedy", 11½x8¼. Ink caricature of "the Little Tramp" swinging his cane and approaching a medal, titled in pencil on verso: "C.C. knighthood." On verso are the ink stamped address of JOHN HARRISON, Rosyth Fife, Scotland, identifying him as a member of CCGB & FECO. (Cartoonists' Club of Great Britain; Federation of Cartoonists' Organizations). Also on verso is a Chinese-style "chop" seal with Chinese script and the English word "Speedy." Another sample of Harrison's cartoon wit - also signed "Speedy", but without accompanying biography, can be found on the CCGB website. Beloved film comedian CHARLIE CHAPLIN (1889-1977) was finally knighted (Knight Commander of the British Empire) in 1975. Chaplin had been under consideration for the honor for decades, and was almost knighted in 1956. But the British Government, sensitive to US feelings at the time of the Suez Crisis, and aware that Chaplin's visa had been canceled on the (unfounded) suspicion that he held communist sympathies, declined to make the award at that time. Fine condition.

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