Ridgwell is a master of line whose wit would not have suited The New Yorker. His edge was much more like the picture postcard, but always well drawn and rejoicing in perspective.

01 and beneath - Here are two illustrations from the second of Harry Graham's Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes, Edward Arnold, undated, c1935.
21 x 27cms page size.
 

QUIET FUN
 
My son Augustus in the street one day
Was feeling quite exceptionally merry.
A stranger asked him, "Can you show me pray,
The quickest way to Brompton Cemetery ?"
"The quickest way ? You bet I can !," said Gus,
And pushed the fellow underneath a bus.
 
Whatever people say about my son,
He does enjoy his little bit of fun.
 

 LONDON CALLING
When rabies attacked my Uncle Daniel,
And he had fits of barking like a spaniel,
The BBC relayed him (from all stations),

right At Children's Hour in "farmyard imitations". Don't Look, Harold ! The Brownes are sitting just over there ! But I don't think they've spotted us !" from Ridgwell, Line and Laughter Methuen 1934 16 x 22cms.