The Illustrators - The British Art of Illustration 1800-2007

24 November 2007 - 5 January 2008

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FRANK REYNOLDS, RI (1876-1953)

VICAR (SEVERELY): 'AH, THE OLD STORY - AN UNSKILLED MAN DODGING THE LITTLE WORK HE MIGHT GET.'
TRAMP (STUNG TO THE QUICK): 'UNSKILLED, AM I?  YOU 'AVE A GO AT DODGING WORK THESE DAYS, AND SEE IF IT DON'T TAKE A BIT O' SKILL!' GARDENER OF THE OLD SCHOOL TO NEW TENANT: 'WHAT! DON'T LIKE GERANIUMS,
CALCEOLARIAS OR LOBELIAS. LUMME, GUV'NER, YOU AINT A BOLSHIE, ARE YER?' GENTLEMAN OF THE ROAD (TO FELLOW-TRAVELLER)
'DO YOU REALISE WHAT IT 'UD MEAN T' YOU AN' ME IF THIS 'ERE COUNTRY WENT RED? - RUIN!'
SCENE - A ROAD IN NORTHUMBERLAND.
INSPIRED TRAMP: 'EXCUSE ME, SIR, BUT AM I RIGHT FOR PENZANCE?' 'DID YOU?' A DECORATIVE MOMENT AT THE OLD BULL AND BUSH
HAROLD (TO HIS MOTHER, WHO HAS ASKED HIM TO BE KIND TO A FRIEND'S BOY IN HIS 
FIRST TERM): 'YOU KNOW, MOTHER, I CAN'T POSSIBLY DO ANYTHING FOR JOHN, EXCEPT 
NOT BE ACTUALLY BEASTLY TO HIM.' 'OH, BUZZ OFF, WINKLESON - WHAT CAN YOU KNOW ABOUT NATIONALIZATION!'  

WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON (1872-1944)

THE RAJAH AND LAID ALL LEVEL WITH THE GROUND TO ONE I GAVE A HUNDRED FLORINS
GARGANTUA RONDIBILIS HE CAUSED TO BE HONOURABLY BURIED IN BLACK-SOILEE-VALLEY
YOUR SALARIE IS AT THE GIBET-FOOT HO, HO, HO, HO, HOW GLAD I AM SIR ANDREW: 'PRAY GOD, HE KEEP HIS OATH!'
ACT III, SCENE IV
THE PROLOGUE Helena: 'i'll follow thee and make a heaven of hell,
to die upon the hand i love so well.' TRULY, THE MOON SHINES WITH A GOOD GRACE
PETER QUINCE HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES THE REAL SOLDIER
CHRISTMAS THIEVES THE CHIEF REVOLUTER HE DASHED AFTER THE ELEPHANT
HAD TO PLAY WITH TOY SOLDIERS AN ORDINARY GOLF-BAG BECOMES AN EXCEPTIONALLY IMPOSING FLOWER-POT A HAND-MADE MIRROR WHICH ANY LADY WOULD BE PROUD TO PEER AT
THE EIGHTEENTH HOLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT PONSONBY MANSIONS, GOLDER'S GREEN, 
SHOWING HOW SPORT IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT A BACK GARDEN ENVY
THE ENEMY CAPTURE A BOILING FOWL BY A SKILFULLY EXECUTED PINCER 
MOVEMENT STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT   

CHARLES ROBINSON, RI (1870-1837)

THE TRUE ANNALS OF FAIRYLAND, THE REIGN OF KING HERLA EACH AND ALL LIKE MINISTERING ANGELS WERE, FOR THE SENSITIVE PLANT JOY TO BEAR NARCISSUS
AND DOWN AT ONCE THE MILK-POT CAME THE COCK TAKES THE PEARL TO THE JEWELLER YOUR CHARACTERS, MY FRIENDS, I LONG HAVE KNOWN
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB THE OAK UPBRAIDED THE WILLOW FELL TO LICKING A FILE
BETWEEN TWO CITIZENS A CONTROVERSY GREW THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL WROTE HIM WORD HOW ILL HE WAS
'TIS MINE,' HE SAYS, 'TRULY AS LION ALONE' A BEE PRICKED HIS FINGER A FOWLER HAD TAKEN A PARTRIDGE

HARRY ROUNTREE (1878-1950)

THE YOUNG CALVES RUNNING FREE MOTHER BROWN BEAR AND CUBS
THE ANGLER   

 

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