HIGHLY COLLECTABLE, ORIGINAL, EARLY CARTOON DRAWINGS by JOCK LEYDEN IN 1927

SHIPPING FOR THESE ITEMS R35.00.

I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE DISCOVERED THESE VERY EARLY, ORIGINAL PEN CARTOONS COLOURED WITH WATERCOLOURS, DRAWN BY JOCK LEYDEN WHEN HE WAS ONLY A BOY OF 18 YEARS OLD, IN 1927. I HAD MY DOUBTS ABOUT THEIR AUTHENTICITY, AT FIRST, AS THEY ARE SIGNED  "JACK " WHEN IN FACT HIS NAME IS JOCK, I DID A BIT OF RESEARCH AND SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO KNEW JOCK AND IN FACT IS FRIENDLY WITH HIS SON, WHO HAS CONFIRMED THAT HIS FATHER, JOCK LEYDEN, USED TO SIGN HIS WORK BY THE NAME JACK IN THE EARLY DAYS AND THAT HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF DOING THESE DRAWINGS. FOUR OF THEM ARE JOCKS WORK AND THE OTHER IS SIGNED T.LEYDEN 10/7/27 WHO WAS POSSIBLY JOCKS OLDER BROTHER, TOM.

                                                                                                 JOCK LEYDEN.

JOCK LEYDEN BECAME THE MOST FAMOUS CARTOONIST OF HIS TIME. HE WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND AND CAME OUT TO SOUTH AFRICA AS A YOUNG MAN,  WITH HIS FAMILY, HIS WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, HE PUBLISHED SEVERAL BOOKS OF CARTOONS AND HAS WORK IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE JOHANNESBURG AFRICAN MUSEUM, DURBAN ART GALLERY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NATAL.

BY 1980, WHEN JOCK WON THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR CARTOONISTS IN BERLIN, HIS WORK WAS HANGING IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND THE WHITEHOUSE. IF YOU WISH TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JOCK AND HIS VERY INTERESTING LIFE AND CAREER YOU WILL FIND ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ON THE INTERNET. THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO OWN ORIGINAL WORK BY THIS WELL KNOWN, LOVED AND FAMOUS ARTIST, EVEN MORE EXCITING IS THE FACT HE WAS ONLY A BOY AT THE TIME OF THESE DRAWINGS, MANY YEARS BEFORE HE BECAME SO FAMOUS.

I HAVE JUST RECEIVED MORE INFORMATION ON JOCK LEYDEN, IT IS A COPY OF AN EMAIL FROM JOCKS SON, MURRAY TO HIS FRIEND WHO IN TURN SENT IT TO ME, YOU WILL HAVE TO ENLARGE THE PICTURE AS IT IS A LITTLE HARD TO READ,

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