Law, Roger, b 1941 (Artist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: b 1941
Gender
- male
Occupations
Places
- Littleport, Cambridgeshire (Place of Birth)
Found in 387 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Prince Charles Eggcup Mould, 1982
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/5/2
Scope and Contents
A plaster mould for an eggcup made in the image of Prince Charles [afterwards King Charles III], modelled by Luck & Flaw. This mould has the front external design for the eggcup, which features Charles' face. The mould is comprised of three pieces.
The mould with the back external design is missing.
Dates:
1982
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Prince Charles Loving Cup, 1981
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/3/1
Scope and Contents
An example of a loving cup in the representation of Prince Charles [afterwards King Charles III], modelled by Luck & Flaw. This item was produced as memorabilia for the royal wedding between Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. The cup has a white glossy finish, which has a slight green tint to it. 'Luck & Flaw [copyright symbol] 1981' is stamped on the underside of the base.
The manufacturer of the loving cup is likely Gill Wing Ceramics.
Dates:
1981
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Prince Charles Loving Cup, 1981
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/3/2
Scope and Contents
An example of a loving cup in the representation of Prince Charles [afterwards King Charles III], modelled by Luck & Flaw. This item was produced as memorabilia for the royal wedding between Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. The cup has a white glossy finish. 'Luck & Flaw [copyright symbol] 1981' is stamped on the underside of the base.
The manufacturer of the loving cup is likely Gill Wing Ceramics.
Dates:
1981
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Sub-Series
Prince Charles Loving Cups, 1981
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/3
Scope and Contents
Two examples of a loving cup in the representation of Prince Charles [afterwards King Charles III], which was modelled by Luck & Flaw in 1981, and produced as memorabilia for the royal wedding between Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.
Dates:
1981
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
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Ceramic Ware
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Ceramics
Item
Printing Plate, 1976
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/8/3
Scope and Contents
A zinc printing plate that features an image of the Margaret Thatcher 'Iron Lady' illustration (L+F/231), produced by Luck & Flaw. This illustration depicts a plasticine model of Thatcher, who is dressed in armour made of various kitchen utensils, sat on top of an overburdened horse/donkey.This image was published in 3 October 1976 issue of The Sunday Times Magazine, and later in a March 1977 edition of the Dutch magazine, ...
Dates:
1976
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Private Eye, 2011 - 2018
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/5/2/1
Scope and Contents
Three issues of the British satirical magazine, Private Eye, all of which feature an image or something else that relates to either Luck & Flaw or Spitting Image. The following editions are present:1. 22 July-4 August 2011 (No. 1293) - page 5 features an image of the Rupert Murdoch 'pissing on Britain' plasticine model illustration, first published in issue No. 667 (July 1987) of the magazine; model produced by Spitting...
Dates:
Publication: 2011 - 2018
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
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File
Private Eye Christmas Cards, c 1982
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/8/8
Scope and Contents
Two examples of a Christmas card produced by the satirical magazine, Private Eye. The front cover of this particular card features an image of a plasticine model illustration by Luck & Flaw, which depicts British politician Michael Foot as the television character Worzel Gummidge. The photographic image was taken by John Lawrence Jones.Both cards have inscriptions on the interior pages, bearing season's greetings in Roger Law's hand. One is addressed...
Dates:
c 1982
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Private Eye Golden Jubilee, 2011
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/10/3
Scope and Contents
An invitation card for Roger Law and guest to attend an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the British satirical magazine, Private Eye. The event was held on 26 October 2011, at The Guildhall, London.
Dates:
2011
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
Private Eye Posters, 1981
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/2/3
Scope and Contents
A visifile holding multiple copies of five posters for the British satirical and cultural affairs magazine, Private Eye, which feature photographic images of Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. These posters both advertised the publication and were available for sale to the general public. The illustrations contain representations of the following: British journalist, Nigel Dempster, also known as Grovel (L+F/86); the magazine's parody of a far-left...
Dates:
Publication: 1981
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Production File, 1968
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/5/1
Scope and Contents
A file holding production material relating to the puppet film, The Milkman: A Satire on Capitalism, which was created by Roger Law, along with other staff and students, at the American liberal arts institution, Reed College, in 1968. The following are present: two typescript copies of a script, one 21 pages long and the other 22 pages long, written by English literature professor, Will Baker, along with a photocopy [?] of the 22-page script; a six-page shot...
Dates:
1968
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Production Material, 1992
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/8/3
Scope and Contents
Material relating to the physical production of the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image. This includes, but is not limited to: photocopies and other items containing images of photographs and press-clippings used to decorate the interior pages; paste-ups for the interior pages and dust jacket; and an annotated proof.
Dates:
1992
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
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File
Professional Correspondence, 1961 - 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/7
Scope and Contents
Two boxes containing manuscript and typescript letters, memoranda and postcards addressed to Roger Law, along with a small amount of accompanying material, which mostly concern his professional activities and relationships between 1961 and 1975. There are also copies of letters and memoranda sent by Law to various individuals. Also present are a few letters addressed to Law's wife, Deirdre Amsden.The first box covers the years 1961 to 1969. Topics include, but are not limited to:...
Dates:
1961 - 1975
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
Promotional Material, 1977 - 1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/6
Scope and Contents
A file containing a variety of promotional/merchandise material that was produced by, for or relating to Luck & Flaw. The following are present: 1. Two examples of a postcard featuring the Ebenezer Scrooge plasticine model illustration (L+F/38), which was used in the partnership's illustrated edition of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. One of the postcards has an inscription written by Roger Law. The items have been produced by Robert...
Dates:
Publication: 1977 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Proposed Australian University Puppet Making Course, 1996
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/25
Scope and Contents
A file holding photographic transparencies and 35mm slides, along with some documentation, relating to a proposed university course on puppet making. During a trip to Australia in 1996, Roger Law visited at least one university to discuss a potential course on puppet making, which he would teach, in partnership with the organisation, International Specialised Skills. The photographic material present appears to be part of that proposal.
Dates:
1996
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
Props and Costume Stencils, 1968
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/5/4
Scope and Contents
A file holding small hardboard credit card props, along with a metal prop in the design of a credit card, used in the puppet film, The Milkman: A Satire on Capitalism, produced by Roger Law, members of staff and students at Reed College, Oregon, in 1968. Also present are costume stencils for the puppets' clothing in the film; pages from newspapers have been used for these stencils.
Dates:
1968
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Sub-Fonds:
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Item
PS Promotion & Productions Brochure, c 1982
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/8/7
Scope and Contents
A PS Promotion & Productions brochure, advertising the work and services of Luck & Flaw. There are also Clouded Tiger Card postcards stapled inside the item, which feature images of some of Luck & Flaw's plasticine model illustrations. The brochure has a message from Roger Law, intended for a couple of former students he taught at Reed College, Gary Achziger and Linda Burnham. There are further annotations by Law on some of the other pages.
Dates:
c 1982
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Publicity Material, 1980 - 1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/2/3
Scope and Contents
A box separated into eight sub-folders with material relating to the promotion of Luck & Flaw's ceramic ware, between 1980 and 1983. The sub-folders contain some or all of the following: artwork, proofs for adverts, leaflets and newspaper cuttings, and photographic material. The products advertised are: the Margaret Thatcher teapot, the President Ronald Reagan coffepot, the Prince Charles [afterwards King Charles III] loving cup, two royal eggcups sets, the Richard Ingrams 'Lord Gnome'...
Dates:
1980 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Series
Publicity Sets, 1979 - 1983
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/3/4
Scope and Contents
Photographs, transparencies, contact prints and negatives that hold publicity images of Roger Law, Peter Fluck, their assistant Steve Bendelack, and their photographer John Lawrence Jones. The majority of these images were taken at the partnership's studio on Victoria Street, Cambridge, and the surrounding area. These photographs were featured in a number of publications between 1979 and 1983, as part of interview articles, and some were taken in connection to a BBC ...
Dates:
1979 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Sub-Series
Queen, 1963
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/3/3
Scope and Contents
Two hardboard woodcuts featuring print designs by Roger Law, which were used in two separate issues of the magazine, Queen. One design was used in the 24 April 1963 issue, as part of the article, On the Street Where We Live…, written by Dennis Hackett (RL/Pre-/932 (c)). This was originally a three-print design, but only one of the woodcuts survive. It features a representation of a journalist at his desk, who has wings that have lost...
Dates:
1963
Conditions Governing Access:
Restricted. Not available for consultation. Please contact repository.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Roger Law (Early Years)
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Professional
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Artwork
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Woodcuts
File
Queen, 1962 - 1965
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/8
Scope and Contents
One issue of the fortnightly magazine, Queen, along with tearsheets from a number of other editions from that publication; all of which feature illustrations by Roger Law. The following issue and tearsheets are present:1. Tearsheets from the 10 April 1962 issue, containing pages 77 to 80, which have the Sir Roy Welensky - The Whole Hog prints that illustrate the article, Where the Dark Waters Meet,...
Dates:
Publication: 1962 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
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Series
Radio Programmes, 1987 - 2017
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/6/2
Scope and Contents
An assortment of audio cassette tapes and compact discs that hold recordings of radio programmes, mostly produced by BBC Radio 4. These recordings feature either interviews with Roger Law and/or other Spitting Image Productions Limited personnel, or feature programming made by Radio 4 with Law on various subject matter, including art, ceramics, and satire. The following items are present:1. An audio cassette tape holding a recording of an episode for the programme, ...
Dates:
1987 - 2017
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed. These items are waiting to be digitised.
File
Radio Times, 2010 - 2023
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/5/2/2
Scope and Contents
Full issues of and photocopies of pages taken from the British television magazine, Radio Times. The following items are present:1. Issue 17-23 April 2010 - page 9 features an article by the former producer of Spitting Image, John Lloyd, which is accompanied by a plasticine model illustration of Margaret Thatcher smoking, previously used in various Spitting Image Productions Limited publications. Pages 20 to 23 feature...
Dates:
Publication: 2010 - 2023
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
Radio Times, 1985 - 1989
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/2/6
Scope and Contents
Three issues of the British weekly television magazine, Radio Times; east and south east editions. The following issues are present:1. 20-26 July 1985 - pages 4 and 5 contain an interview with and a photograph of Roger Law and Peter Fluck.2. 31 January-6 February 1987 - page 33 contains a photograph of Roger Law and Peter Fluck, as part of the radio listings. Fluck and Law were guests on the 1 February edition of BBC Radio 4's ...
Dates:
Publication: 1985 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
Radio Times, 1969, 1973
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/9
Scope and Contents
Two issues of the weekly television magazine, Radio Times, along with a tearsheet from another edition; all of which feature plasticine model illustrations by Roger Law. The following issues and tearsheet are present:1. 4 September 1969 - pages 7 and 8 feature two plasticine model illustrations, one of which depicts characters from the television series, Dad's Army (RL/Pre-/771 and 772).2. A tearsheet from issue 18-25...
Dates:
Publication: 1969; Publication: 1973
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File
Radio Times, 1976 - 1982
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/6
Scope and Contents
Issues and other material for the British weekly television magazine, Radio Times. All items feature photographic images of plasticine model illustrations by Luck & Flaw.The following are present:1. Issue 3-9 July 1976 - the cover has an illustration of an American family watching television (L+F/6).2. Three examples of a tearsheet containing the front cover for the 30 April-6 May 1977 issue. Featured on the cover is an...
Dates:
Publication: 1976 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
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Published Material
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Magazines