The Sketch

A British illustrated weekly newspaper that ran for nearly 3000 editions from February 1st 1893 until its closure on June 17th, 1959. Its founders were journalist Clement King Shorter, (1857-1926) and art collector and businessman William Ingram (d.1924). The publication focused on the rich and the famous and was published by Illustrated London News which in effect was its parent company. Its regular features focused on theatre, cinema and art in general.

The journal was the first to publish the illustrations of Bonzo the Dog by George E. Studdy (from 1921). It also published series of short stories within its pages, one per issue, with authors such as Walter de la Mare and Algernon Blackwood. Under the editorship of Bruce Ingram, it was also the first magazine to publish short stories by Agatha Christie, starting with The Affair at the Victory Ball in issue 1571, 7 March 1923. The Sketch also published illustrations by H. M. Bateman, Max Beerbohm, Edmund Blampied, Percy Venner Bradshaw, Hilda Cowham, Annie Fish, John Hargrave, John Hassall, Phil May, Bernard Partridge, Melton Prior, W. Heath Robinson, Sidney Sime and Bert Thomas amongst many.