King, David, 1943-2016 (Graphic designer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1943 - 2016
Places
- London, England (Residence)
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
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A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image, 1960-c 1968, 1992
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/2/7
Scope and Contents
Photographic material connected to the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited book, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image, which was published in November 1992.
The following are present, and their number corresponds to their file or item reference number within this sub-sub-sub-series:1. A folder with four black and white photographs from the 1960s: a photo of Roger Law, Peter Fluck, Deirdre Amsden and others by the...
Dates:
1960-c 1968; 1992
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File
General Advertisements and Posters, 1975-c 1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/2/1
Scope and Contents
A large portfolio containing a number of advertisements/posters for a variety of companies and organisations, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations and other work by the partnership. Also found within this portfolio are large photographs with illustrations, and photographic proofs for Clouded Tiger Cards postcards.The following are present:1. An advertisement proof for the Dutch advertising company, PPGH/Moussault, which has a representation of John...
Dates:
Publication: 1975-c 1983
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Lewis Chester Paperwork, 1992
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/8/2
Scope and Contents
Paperwork created and gathered by Lewis Chester and his research assistant, Peter Jones, as part of their work on the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited book, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image. The following are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their file or item reference number within this sub-sub-sub-series:1. A hand-corrected manuscript for the book.2. Draft contributions for...
Dates:
1992
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File
Photograph Computer Printouts, c late 2010s-c early 2020s
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/14/8
Scope and Contents
A file holding computer printouts of three photographs: The first printout contains a black and white photograph, originally taken in the late 1960s or early 1970s, which features Roger Law, David King and John Holder, the latter a tutor at the Cambridge School of Art. The three are chairing a question and answer session, following a lecture given by Law and King at the school. This printout is annotated.The second printout contains a black and white photograph taken during the...
Dates:
c late 2010s-c early 2020s
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File
Portfolio 1, 1960 - 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/1/1
Scope and Contents
A portfolio holding a large array of drawings, woodcut prints, proofs, posters, and other items; all of which either contain artwork produced by Roger Law for various publications and companies or relate to his role as an art director for a publication.The following items are present:1. A metal printing plate with an engraved image that featured in The Comedians, published in the 30 January 1966 issue of The Sunday Times...
Dates:
1960 - 1975
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File
Portfolio 2, 1960 - 1973
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/1/2
Scope and Contents
A portfolio holding an array of drawings, woodcut prints, proofs, posters, and other items; all of which contain artwork by or relate to Roger Law's activities with various publications, organisations and companies.The following items are present:1. A proof on newsprint paper of a woodcut print, which features an image of Winston Churchill and Sir Harold Nicolson. This image was used in The Sunday Times, as part of The War...
Dates:
1960 - 1973
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Small and Medium Transparencies, c early 1960s-c mid 1970s
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/3/2/1
Scope and Contents
Three boxes containing 35mm and 62mm colour photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of negatives and contact prints. The majority of these items feature images of Roger Law's plasticine model illustrations, used in various publications, from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. However, there are also images relating to Law's and Peter Cook's Almost the End column in The Observer Weekend Review, c 1962; a...
Dates:
c early 1960s-c mid 1970s
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The Spitting Image Workshop Manual, 1985
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/2/2
Scope and Contents
Photographic material relating to an abandoned Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, The Spitting Image Workshop Manual. The idea for the book was proposed by photographer and graphic designer, David King, and he spent time at the Spitting Image Workshop documenting the activities that took place at the company's Limehouse Studios. The project was abandoned when it was decided that such a publication would reveal SIPL's secrets on producing the ...
Dates:
1985
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File
Tooth & Claw: The Inside Story of Spitting Image, 1985 - 1986
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/2/3
Scope and Contents
A file containing photographic transparencies and photographs, which hold images that featured as part of Lewis Chester's book, Tooth & Claw: The Inside Story of Spitting Image, published by Faber & Faber. The transparencies contain images taken for the front cover of the book, by John Lawrence Jones (SI/1). The black and white photographs in the file were taken by David King, and they were originally going to feature in a book revolving around the Spitting...
Dates:
1985 - 1986
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