London laughs! A cartoon history of London

This Exhibition consists of original cartoons, featuring either London landmarks or issues affecting London, from the likes of James Gillray through to today’s leading cartoonists like Steve Bell, Dave Brown, Martin Rowson and Peter Brookes.

On view, for example, will be Sir David Low’s view of Covent Garden, Strube’s take of Eros and Bert Thomas’s perspective on Trafalgar Square, alongside work by contemporary cartoonists featuring the Millennium Dome, the new Mayor’s headquarters aptly described as the ‘testicle’ and, of course, the den of all inequity, the Houses of Parliament.

Cartoons on the events of 7 July, including a London bus which was blown up within hearing distance of the Political Cartoon Gallery, will also be on show in order to draw comparisons with former attacks on London by the Luftwaffe and the IRA.