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Artist: William Heath Robinson
Kelpie of Snooziepool - English Romantic Whimsical Fantasy Ink Watercolor
By William Heath Robinson
Located in Miami, FL
The Kelpie of Snooziepool - William Heath Robinson illustrated this whimsical fantasy work featuring a semi-nude beauty in a pool of water with children.
Based on the Metropolitan ...
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1920s Post-Impressionist William Heath Robinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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William Heath Robinson original drawing, British early 20th Century
By William Heath Robinson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Heath Robinson (British, 1872 - 1944)
'Boring The First Tunnel With An Early Type Of Rotary Excavator, And The Red Flag', circa 1935 (railway ribaldry was published in this year)
The former signed 'W. Heath Robinson (lower left) and inscribed with title (lower left and right)
The former to mount 14 X 10.1/4in. (35.5 X 26cm.)
The latter 1.1/2 X 8.1/2in. (3.8 X 21.6 cm.)
Literature: Railway Ribaldry, first published by the Great Western Railway, Paddington, 1935.
William Heath Robinson was an English cartoonist and illustrator best known for drawings of ridiculously complicated machines for achieving simple objectives.
During the First World War, he drew large numbers of cartoons, depicting ever-more unlikely secret weapons being used by the combatants. In the UK the term "Heath Robinson" entered popular language during this time as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance. Its continuing popularity was undoubtedly linked to Second World War Britain's shortages and the need to "make do and mend".
In the course of his work, Robinson also wrote and illustrated three childrens books including The Adventures of Uncle Lubin (1902) which is regarded as the genesis of his depiction of unlikely machines.
The inventions he drew were frequently powered by steam boilers or kettles, heated by candles or a spirit lamp and usually kept running by balding, bespectacled men in overalls. There would be complex pulley arrangements, threaded by lengths of knotted string.
One of his most famous series of illustrations accompanied the first Professor Branestawm book written by Norman Hunter. The stories provided a perfect backdrop for Robinson's drawings.
One of the automatic analysis machines built for Bletchley Park during the Second World War to assist in the decryption of German message traffic was named "Heath Robinson" in his honour.
He died in September 1944 during the Second World War and is buried in East Finchley Cemetery.
The Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner opened in October 2016 to house a collection of nearly 1,000 original artworks owned by The William Heath Robinson Trust.
In the Wallace and Gromit...
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20th Century William Heath Robinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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An original British 20th Century drawing by British illustrator Heath Robinson
By William Heath Robinson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Heath Robinson (British, 1872-1944)
'The Friendly Dog'
Signed 'W. Heath Robinson.' (lower right)
Pen and ink on paper
11 X 8.1/2in. (28 X 21.7cm.) (excluding frame)
46 x 38cm. (18.1/4 x 15in. (including frame)
Literature: 'Old Time Stories', Constable and Co. 1921, P. 143
William Heath Robinson was an artist and illustrator mainly associated with his gloriously complicated inventions for simple objectives. The name Heath Robinson has become commonplace in the English language as a result to describe anything mechanical that is eccentric, ridiculously complex and ingenious at the same time .
Interestingly one of the automatic analysis machines built for Bletchley Park...
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Early 20th Century William Heath Robinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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William Heath Robinson East Coast sea sketch, 1930
By William Heath Robinson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Heath Robinson (British, 1872-1944)
East coast sea sketch, circa 1930
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8.1/2 x 12.3/4 in. (21.7 x 32.3 cm.)
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20th Century English School William Heath Robinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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