Sidney Strube

His early career included work as a junior draughtsman with a furnishing company and as a drawer of electrical equipment and lettering for a small advertising agency.

Hassall admired his caricatures and sent Strube's drawings to the periodical Conservative and Unionist (later renamed Our Flag).

[4] The "Little Man" wore a bowler hat and an umbrella and represented the hard-pressed taxpayer suffering under politicians and vested interests.

[5] The interwar years witnessed the growth of the middle class and the suburbs, along with the domestification of popular culture.

[6] Consequently, traditional state displays of patriotism (such as the Silver Jubilee of George V) became less significant; in this context the Little Man replaced John Bull as the personification of the nation.

A 1923 cartoon by Strube in the Daily Express. French Prime Minister Raymond Poincare (the label hanging from his dress refers to the Occupation of the Ruhr ) dances with his British counterpart Stanley Baldwin .