Donald McGill
Donald Fraser Gould McGill was an English graphic artist whose name has become synonymous with the genre of saucy postcards, particularly associated with the seaside.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- London
- Educated at
- Blackheath Proprietary School
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Trending topics shown first"In the past the mood of the comic postcard could enter into the central stream of literature, and jokes barely different from McGill's could casually be uttered between the murders in Shakespeare's tr…"
"I want to back the favourite, please. My sweetheart gave me a pound to do it both ways!"
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Timeline
1875
Born
Birth1962
Died
Death
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