Contraptions: a timely new edition by a legend of inventive illustrations and cartoon wizardry

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William Heath Robinson

Contraptions

a timely new edition by a legend of inventive illustrations and cartoon wizardry

William Heath Robinson

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Prelude
29 November 2021

History of Art & Design Styles; Man-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes & machines); Comic book & cartoon art; Cartoons & comic strips; Humour collections & anthologies

A timely new edition featuring the brilliant work from among the most inventive minds in illustration and cartoon wizardry.

Heath Robinson was one of Britain's most successful graphic artists. His work has had a huge influence on comic art in this country, but also on the image and self-image of the British.

As the champion of pragmatic man, Heath Robinson presented a vision of the British as an unflappable, ingenious and slightly demented breed of inventors that persists to the present day. The British are still a nation of garage-haunting amateur engineers who will recognise the inhabitants of Heath Robinson's world, with their pot bellies and pots of tea, archaic faces and sturdily commonsensical approach to the problems of existence.

How to hunt tigers by elephant, how to get an even tan, rise with the sun or put out a chimney fire, these and many more pressing questions are answered in the pages of Contraptions.

With illustrations salvaged from the family archives and commentary by Heath Robinson expert, Geoffrey Beare, Contraptions is the best possible introduction to the work of one of Britain's great comic talents.

By: William Heath Robinson
Imprint: Prelude
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 288mm, Width: 222mm,
ISBN: 9781788423816
ISBN 10: 178842381X
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 29 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Heath Robinson(1872-1944) began his career illustrating works of poetry and children's stories. At magazines such asThe Sketch, he developed his humorous illustrations for adults, culminating in the series of inventions for which he became known by his contemporaries as 'The Gadget King'.

Reviews for Contraptions: a timely new edition by a legend of inventive illustrations and cartoon wizardry

'Your absurd, beautiful drawings... give me a peculiar pleasure of the mind like nothing else in the world' H. G. Wells, in a letter to Heath Robinson in 1914