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The Illustrators - The British Art of Illustration 1800-2007

24 November 2007 - 5 January 2008

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ROWLAND EMETT, OBE (1906-1990)

'HIGH TIME THEY DID SOMETHING ABOUT A BATH-CHAIR MAN-POWER POOL ....' A PLAGUE ON THESE MACHINE-AGE POETS...! 'BETWEEN YOU AND ME, SIR, WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHERE THAT LINE GOES TO ....'
'HIGH TIME THEY DID SOMETHING ABOUT A BATH-CHAIR MAN-POWER POOL ....' A PLAGUE ON THESE MACHINE-AGE POETS...! 'BETWEEN YOU AND ME, SIR, WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHERE THAT LINE GOES TO ....'
'ANY MORE FOR THE ROMAN VILLA...?' QUITE A FEW CITY CHAPS HELPING WITH THE HARVEST THIS TIME ... 'EES BIN TRYING TO GET 'IS ENGINE READY FOR THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW, AND NOW 'ES MISSED IT!' AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO EMETT!
'ANY MORE FOR THE ROMAN VILLA...?' QUITE A FEW CITY CHAPS HELPING WITH THE HARVEST THIS TIME ... 'EES BIN TRYING TO GET 'IS ENGINE READY FOR THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW, AND NOW 'ES MISSED IT!' AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO EMETT!
MERRY CHRISTMAS THIS I'M AFRAID IS THE ONLY ROOM I CAN OFFER YOU: BUT YOU ARE AT LIBERTY TO STAY ON ABSOLUTELY ANY FLOOR YOU WISH I SHOULD 'AVE GONE EASY WITH THE 'EAT AT FIRST
MERRY CHRISTMAS THIS I'M AFRAID IS THE ONLY ROOM I CAN OFFER YOU: BUT YOU ARE AT LIBERTY TO STAY ON ABSOLUTELY ANY FLOOR YOU WISH I SHOULD 'AVE GONE EASY WITH THE 'EAT AT FIRST
LET'S SEE - V E DAY PLUS HOW MANY IS IT NOW?   
LET'S SEE - V E DAY PLUS HOW MANY IS IT NOW?

EMMWOOD (JOHN MUSGRAVE-WOOD) (1915-1999)

SINBAD ON ICE MR NORMAN WISDOM AS NORMAN AND MRS SINBAD MISS DIANA GRAFTON MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE, GILBERT HARDING, RICHARD DIMBLEBY, FRANK OWENE, PETER DIMMOCK, MAX ROBERTSON TORY PARTY CONFERENCE MISS FLORENCE HORSBRUGH, MR ANTHONY EDEN, MR CHRISTOPHER SOAMES, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, LORD WOOLTON, MR R A BUTLER
SINBAD ON ICE MR NORMAN WISDOM AS NORMAN AND MRS SINBAD MISS DIANA GRAFTON MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE, GILBERT HARDING, RICHARD DIMBLEBY, FRANK OWENE, PETER DIMMOCK, MAX ROBERTSON TORY PARTY CONFERENCE MISS FLORENCE HORSBRUGH, MR ANTHONY EDEN, MR CHRISTOPHER SOAMES, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, LORD WOOLTON, MR R A BUTLER
GRACIE ALLEN, LUCILLE BALL AND JOAN DAVIS JOHN BETJEMAN THE ENGLISHMAN'S HOME  
GRACIE ALLEN, LUCILLE BALL AND JOAN DAVIS JOHN BETJEMAN THE ENGLISHMAN'S HOME

HENRY JUSTICE FORD (1860-1941)

THE TERRIBLE SHIELD   
THE TERRIBLE SHIELD

MICHAEL FOREMAN, RDI (Born 1938)

AND THEN IT RAISED ITS WINGS LIKE AN ANGEL THE BODY-SNATCHER THE JEWEL, DESCRIBING AN ARC OF LIGHT, DIVED WITH A SPLASH INTO THE FLOWING RIVER
AND THEN IT RAISED ITS WINGS LIKE AN ANGEL THE BODY-SNATCHER THE JEWEL, DESCRIBING AN ARC OF LIGHT, DIVED WITH A SPLASH INTO THE FLOWING RIVER
THE STAR SWORD SEEMED TO GLOW - BRIGHT AS THE BRIGHTEST STARS - AS THORKHILD HELD IT THERE ABOVE HIM THE PIRATES CARRYING THE LITTLE HOUSE ON A SEAT ON THE HILL ABOVE GREENSIDE HE SAT FOR PERHAPS HALF AN HOUR, LOOKING DOWN ON THE LAMPS OF EDINBURGH
THE STAR SWORD SEEMED TO GLOW - BRIGHT AS THE BRIGHTEST STARS - AS THORKHILD HELD IT THERE ABOVE HIM THE PIRATES CARRYING THE LITTLE HOUSE ON A SEAT ON THE HILL ABOVE GREENSIDE HE SAT FOR PERHAPS HALF AN HOUR, LOOKING DOWN ON THE LAMPS OF EDINBURGH
AT THE SAME MOMENT I KNOCKED HIM HEAD OVER HEELS HE TURNED OVER THE ACE OF CLUBS AND REMAINED FROZEN WITH HORROR THE CLOCK WAS HARD ON TEN WHEN THE PATROL WENT WITH HALBERDS AND A LANTERN
AT THE SAME MOMENT I KNOCKED HIM HEAD OVER HEELS HE TURNED OVER THE ACE OF CLUBS AND REMAINED FROZEN WITH HORROR THE CLOCK WAS HARD ON TEN WHEN THE PATROL WENT WITH HALBERDS AND A LANTERN
HE EXTRICATED A LARGE TIARA OF DIAMONDS FROM THE LINING THE LONG, SKEWERLIKE DAGGER FLASHED AND FELL FLIGHT OF THE BARN OWL
HE EXTRICATED A LARGE TIARA OF DIAMONDS FROM THE LINING THE LONG, SKEWERLIKE DAGGER FLASHED AND FELL FLIGHT OF THE BARN OWL
THE OWL'S WHITENESS GLEAMED, AND ITS FACE WAS LIKE A PEARLY HEART GRANDPA PULLED A PELLET APART AND SHOWED ME THE TINY BONES AND SKULLS INSIDE i thought we'd never see an owl
THE OWL'S WHITENESS GLEAMED, AND ITS FACE WAS LIKE A PEARLY HEART GRANDPA PULLED A PELLET APART AND SHOWED ME THE TINY BONES AND SKULLS INSIDE i thought we'd never see an owl
THERE IT IS!   
THERE IT IS!

 

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