| Illingworth,
a 'well-known cartoonist' who worked for the Daily
Mail and Punch in the 1930s and early 1940s.
He drew political cartoons for Punch featuring the likes
of Winston Churchill, Adolph Hitler, Anthony Eden, and
Neville Chamberlain. He was personally commissioned
to do work for the MOI by Edwin
Embleton, and designed a series of humorous posters
for the Ministry of War Transport, in the 'Quicker Turnaround'
series.
Information collated from: Anonymous, 'Illingworth
Sketches for M.O.W.T. Posters', Advertiser's Weekly,
Vol. 115, No. 1,494, January 8 1942, p.36; The Political
Cartoon Society, 'Exhibitions and Events', http://www.politicalcartoon.co.uk/html/exhibition.html,
accessed August 16 2002; Questionnaire submitted by
Royall, K. to Embleton, E., Royall, K., 'Posters of
the Second World War: The Fourth Arm of British Defence',
Unpublished M.A., University of Westminster, 1991,
p.123
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