Symbolic Forest

The other week, I wrote about W Heath Robinson, and how I first discovered him: illustrating the children’s books of Norman Hunter. He wasn’t as good for the stories, though, as a later illustrator, who is much less well known. His name is George Adamson.^*

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Keyword noise: art, artists, George Adamson, George W Adamson, illustration, Norman Hunter, Professor Branestawm, Heath Robinson.

A few months back, I saw, on a friend’s bookshelf, art books about members of the Robinson family: Charles Robinson and his better-known brother William Heath Robinson; and I resolved to write about them here. It’s taken me a while.

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Keyword noise: art, artists, Charles Robinson, Heath Robinson, illustration, Norman Hunter, Professor Branestawm.