If you walked into any officers' mess during the Second World War, you would probably have found one or more of David Wright's glamour pin-ups, which first appeared in The Sketch magazine on the first of January 1941,and featured regularly throughout the War. David, an outstanding erotic artist of his day, died tragically young at the age of 55 in 1967. At the time, his illustrations were considered quite risqué, as the girls were often topless or even totally nude - though in the nicest possible way. His wife was often the model for his illustrations, but David did not always use her face. The Sketch (no connection with the daily newspaper of the same name) gave him carte-blanche for his drawings and it is clear from his work that he preferred willowy, long-legged, pert-breasted women, often in stockings. Very rarely did his illustrations, in watercolours, have girls with full, rounded bottoms. Whilst making his contributions to The Sketch, David was also serving in the army as a driving instructor. After the demise of The Sketch, David created 'Carol Day', a cartoon in the Daily Mail, which would run for ten years. He also provided glamour illustrations for Bear Brand and Kayser stockings, Schweppes drinks and Kolynos dental cream.