Contraptions
a timely new edition by a legend of inventive illustrations and cartoon wizardry
Published on 29. November 2021
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-78842-381-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
'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 1914More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Duckworth Books
Dimensions
Height: 281 mm
Width: 214 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
1040 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78842-381-6 (9781788423816)
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Person
William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) began his career illustrating works of poetry and children's stories. At magazines such as The 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'.