Lot 71: WILLIAM SILLINCE (BRITISH, 1906-1974) "SO I'M

WILLIAM SILLINCE (BRITISH, 1906-1974) "SO I'M GIVING YOU THIS TICKET FOR 'CINDERELLA' BUT DON'T BE LATE HOME" signed l.r; published in Punch on 11th January 1939 on page 52 pencil on canvas 19cm x 26.5cm; 7 1/2in x 10 1/2in William Sillince was born in Battersea. He studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Art and the Central School of Arts & Crafts. He worked in Haddons Advertising agency before turning freelance. He contributed to Punch from 1936 right up to his death as well as many other magazines. Five books of his Punch cartoons were published between 1941 and 1945. He lectured at the Brighton College of Art and created the Alice in Wonderland Room at Burton Constable Hall in 1967.