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The Age of Glamour: 1930s celebrities in caricature - in pictures

Sherriffs cartoons: Vivien Leigh, left, in The Mask of Virtue published in The Sketch, 12 June
After a performance in The Mask of Virtue, Vivien Leigh (left) was said to catch the eye of her future husband, Laurence Olivier. This Sherriffs caricature appeared in 1935
Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
Sherriffs cartoons: Conception of the Remote Austerity of Garbo
The title of this piece for Sketch, in 1935, says it all: Conception of the Remote Austerity of Garbo
Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
Sherriffs cartoons: Hamlet encounters un-looked for opposition
Having realised his ambition to play Hamlet, Charlie Chaplin encounters unwelcome opposition. Published in a 1929 issue of London Calling Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
Sherriffs cartoons:  Ivor Novello and Shakespeare
This illustration, published in the Sketch in 1933, imagines an interview between Ivor Novello and Shakespeare. The Bard remarks: 'Happy to have been of service to you, Sir', to which Mr. Novello replies: 'Same to you, Sir'
Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
Sherriffs cartoons: Laurence Olivier and Peggy Ashcroft as Romeo and Juliet
A cartoonist's take on the original star-crossed lovers … Laurence Olivier and Peggy Ashcroft as Romeo and Juliet in 1935
Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
Sherriffs cartoons: Anne Leslie as Beauty from Beauty and the Beast
On beauty … Anne Leslie in Beauty and the Beast, in a caricature that was published in the Sketch in 1938
Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
Sherriffs cartoons: Buster Keaton in his first dramatic role, The Laughing Cavalier
Why so glum? In 1929 London Calling published this depiction of Buster Keaton in his first dramatic role, in The Laughing Cavalier
Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
Sherriffs cartoons: Charles Laughton as Henry VIII, 1933All images copyright Cartoon Museum
Royal role … English actor Charles Laughton as Henry VIII, in this 1933 caricature
Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
Sherriffs cartoons: Gracie Fields in The Rochdale Hunt at the London Palladium. Publishedin The
Sherriff's take on a very funny Gracie Fields in The Rochdale Hunt, which was staged at the London Palladium
Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
Sherriffs cartoons: Scene from Call Her Savage with Clara Bow. Published in The Sketch, 18 Janu
Rebel with a cause … Clara Bow in Call Her Savage, her penultimate film role
Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
Sherriffs cartoons: Scene from Symphonie Fantastique featuring Leonide Massine. Published in Th
This illustration of the acclaimed Russian choreographer and dancer Léonide Massine in Symphonie Fantastique was published in a 1934 issue of the Sketch
Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
Sherriffs cartoons: Shirley Temple in Baby Takes a Bow. Published in The Sketch, 11 July 1934
Baby Takes a Bow … a cherubic Shirley Temple from 1934
Photograph: RS Sherriffs/Cartoon Museum
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