
Tom Gentleman (David depicted in blue cap + blazer)

Kenneth Rowntree

Barbara Jones
art into schools during the Second World War, these
lithographs celebrated traditional life in Britain.

Book cover for Nancy, 1949

Stage design for Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, 1945

Poster for London Transport, 1933
Extinct: Roger Furse, 1903-1972. After attending
the Slade (with N. Mitford), he became a set,
costume,poster and book cover designer, working
for Olivier, Hitchcock, Preminger and Reed.

Featherweight Paper copyrighted in 1916, this was
the first practical portable diary. Hind/Doe stalking
season ends (N. Ireland) February 28th.




touring circus, with plenty of sawdust and music and horses
and tweed and geese and acrobats, and no caged animals.


Living: Exit, from the Latin: Exit.

The North

The Craze for Fur and Feathers

What's So Special About France?
He photographed for the Sunday Times, the first
newspaper to launch a colour* supplement in 1962.
*colour not then being associated with newspapers.


Not quite extinct: Pit ponies. Women and children were
replaced in the mines by pit ponies in the mid 18th century.
Short, sturdy ponies such as Shetlands were preferred.


Designed by Winston Churchill for Winston Churchill
Poster design by Tom Eckersley.

house built in 1831, the first recording there was
Land of Hope and Glory, conducted by Elgar.
Collage by Peter Blake.

Living: Kermit the Frog. Born in 1955, he found
his legs 14 years later on Sesame Street and leapt
to superstardom in 1976 with The Muppet Show.

Living: The Pursuit of Love,
published in 1945, and never out of print.
Dust jacket design by Roger Furse.

*Notice: Despite a long and trying journey
through red tape and rubber stamps, the Austrian
thanks everyone for their patience in this matter.


Living: Hermès. Saddles and things since 1837.

Picking up where William Morris left off,
she created "art for the people", inspired by
nature, and symbolic of post-war re-growth.



from Brittany, he was a seasonal travelling salesman
whose profession was completely unknown in
France (where onions were sold at market).

Living: Georgian Creamware. Take a lump
of white Cornish clay, add water and pour into
a Plaster of Paris mould. Remove and bake.

High Steppers, 1938-9

Edward VIII, 1936

Miss Earhart's Arrival, 1936
Painted from newspaper photos and not from life,
Sickert was frowned upon for cheating.


Living: Ambergris. Sperm whale faeces, used
in French perfume (Givenchy, Dior, Chanel).

Living: Christian Dior, Fall 2010.

Sadly extinct: The Dior 'Daisy' boot, c.1948.
Painting of Nancy Mitford by Mogens Tvede.

Quotable:
"A lucky kit, a lucky shoe,
To let you know my love is true."
contributors
Reed Wilson, Kendra Wilson