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:
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Ceramic Lecture Notes, c late 1990s-c early 2000s
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/1/2
Scope and Contents
A file containing two copies of a multi-paged typescript document, which lists descriptions of 73 various ceramic items. These descriptions would have likely corresponded to 35mm slides, featuring images of ceramic ware, displayed by Roger Law during his lectures on this topic.
One version of the document is stapled together. The other version is not stapled, and on the first two pages some of the items listed are highlighed in yellow pen.
Dates:
c late 1990s-c early 2000s
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Certificates and Ephemera, 1967 - 1975
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/6/2
Scope and Contents
Certificates presented to Roger Law by the Designers and Art Directors Association (D&AD), in recognition of his work for the publications Nova and The Sunday Times Magazine. There is also an issue of the D&AD's official newsletter, D&ADLine, published in September 1974. This issue features a photograph of one of Law's plasticine models, which depicts Lawrence Olivier as Richard III, and Kenneth...
Dates:
1967 - 1975
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Certificates and Ephemera, 1985 - 1989
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/6/1
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A file containing two sub-folders, which hold material relating to the Design and Art Direction Awards. One of the sub-folders holds an attendees list and seating plan document, along with an event brochure, concerning the 1985 awards dinner. The brochure details the menu for the evening, the programme of activities, and lists those nominated for each award.The second sub-folder holds three silver award certificates. Two certificates are from the 1985 awards for the category,...
Dates:
1985 - 1989
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Champagne Brunch Christmas Party Invitations, c 1984-c 1988
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/10/4/1
Scope and Contents
Two examples of an invitation leaflet for the recipient to attend a champagne brunch, hosted by Spitting Image Productions Limited at their workshop at Limehouse Studios, Canary Wharf, on 23 December at 11:30am. The invitation has caricatures of Roger Law and Peter Fluck on the front (SI/593).
The exact year of this invitation is unknown, but it does date prior to the workshop's relocation to Plumbers Row in 1989.
Dates:
c 1984-c 1988
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Charlie and Jerry Rosenberg, 1974
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/4/1/1
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A file containing material relating to an article published in the July 1974 issue of Nova, written by Roger Law, which looks at the American company, Jamaica Gas & Electric (JGE) Appliances, and its owners, Charlie and Jerry Rosenberg. The title of the article is, Jerry and Charlie Can Get You Most Things Wholesale, however, this piece is also referred to as 'What's Da Story, Jerry?' The contents of the file are: an audio cassette...
Dates:
1974
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Christmas, c 1962
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/2/15
Scope and Contents
A large cartoon mural featuring a felt-tip pen and coloured crayon Christmas-themed illustration (RL/Pre-/1487). Thisitem was created by Roger Law for display at Peter Cook's nightclub, The Establishment.
Dates:
c 1962
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Clarence Schmidt, 1974 - 1975
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/4/2/7
Scope and Contents
A file containing research material for an article on American visual artist, Clarence Schmidt. Items include photocopies of newspaper cuttings, and a couple of pages of notes. There is also an audio cassette that contains a recording of an interview conducted by Roger law with Schmidt.Law conducted the interview and research for the article, which was written by Robert Melville, and it was published in the 23 February 1975 issue of The Sunday Times...
Dates:
1974 - 1975
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Comedy Map of Britain, 2007
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/8/4
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A file containing two photocopies/fax copies of a manuscript list, which relates to the British Broadcasting Corporation's documentary series, Comedy Map of Britain. Roger Law and Peter Fluck featured in the first episode of the second season of this series, which originally aired on 19 April 2008, on BBC 2. The document appears to be a list of photographs and other items to be lent to the BBC for the programme, a copy of which has been sent to the assistant...
Dates:
2007
Conditions Governing Access:
Restricted. Closed until September 2041, under the Archive’s confidentiality guidelines for sensitive data (in compliance with the Data Protection Act (2018)).
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Company Christmas Cards, 1986 - 1996
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/3/1/2
Scope and Contents
A file containing an assortment of Spitting Image Productions Limited and Cairo Studios company Christmas cards. The following are present: 1. A 1986 SIPL 'Santa Claus on the Dole' card (SI/461). 2. A 1989 SIPL 'Greetings from Albania' card, which features a drawing of Joseph Stalin on the front, and another of Margaret Thatcher as Stalin inside the card (SI/590).3. Two examples of a SIPL 'Get on down with the Majors this Christmas' card. The front of the card...
Dates:
1986 - 1996
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Conservative Party Conference Ephemera, 1993
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/13/4
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An envelope containing a photographic pass for Roger Law to attend the 1993 Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool. Accompanying the conference pass is a small pamphlet, which has been produced by Lancashire Constabulary, and contains safety information for those attending the event.
Dates:
1993
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Contracts, Correspondence and Manuscript Drafts, 1991 - 1993
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/8/1
Scope and Contents
Various documentation relating to the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image. The following are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their sub-file reference number within this file:1. A synopsis for the book, which covers the intended contents of each chapter.2. Contracts and correspondence relating to the agreement between Roger Law and...
Dates:
1991 - 1993
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Sub-Sub-Series
Copy Negatives, 1964 - 1967
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/3/1/2
Scope and Contents
Eight envelopes holding a total of 28 black and white copy negatives, measuring on average 100mm x 125mm each, which feature images of pencil and woodcut illustrations produced by Roger Law for various publications and other activities. The following are present, and their accompanying number relates to their file/item reference within this section:1. Three negatives connected to Granta (RL/Pre-/933, 1458 and 1459). 1964.2. Two negatives...
Dates:
1964 - 1967
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Correspondence and General Documentation, c 1994-1996
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/8/2/3
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A file holding correspondence, both originals received by Spitting Image Productions Limited and photocopies of letters sent by Roger Law and SIPL, along with schedules, notes and other documentation relating to the production of the animated comedy sketch programme, The Strip Show. This programme was produced by SIPL for the British television network, Channel 4, and aired on 29 December 1995.
Dates:
c 1994-1996
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Correspondence and Internal Communications, 1983 - 1997
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/8
Scope and Contents
Various correspondence files containing letters, faxes and accompanying material received by Spitting Image Productions Limited and Roger Law. Also present are SIPL internal communications and documentation relating to the running of the company, such as memoranda, progress reports, and minutes for board meetings. This section has been split into the following: a file of business correspondence and internal communications; a file of letters received by the company from members of the general...
Dates:
1983 - 1997
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Correspondence File, 1999, 2003 - 2005
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/6/1/1
Scope and Contents
A file containing manuscript and typescript letters and postcards, both originals and copies, along with email printouts of correspondence between Lewis Chester and Roger Law. This correspondence focuses mainly on both their work on Law's autobiography, Still Spitting at Sixty. However, the items present also cover Law's activities in Australia, and Chester's progress on his own book that he was writing at that time [The Trouble Maker: Michael...
Dates:
1999; 2003 - 2005
Conditions Governing Access:
Part closed. One file is closed until September 2041, under the Archive’s confidentiality guidelines for sensitive data (in compliance with the Data Protection Act (2018)).
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Cover Proofs, 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/4/3/2
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A file with cover proofs for the paperback editions of the following three books: The Selling of the President, by Joe McGinniss (RL/Pre-/739); In My Way, by George Brown (RL/Pre-/701); and Beaverbrook, by A.J.P. Taylor (RL/Pre-/700). All three covers feature images of plasticine model illustrations made by Roger Law. The McGinniss book has a model of President Richard Nixon jumping out of a box. ...
Dates:
Publication: 1970
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Create Your Own Caricature Press Pack, 1992
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/2/1/4
Scope and Contents
A press pack produced by Philips Electronics for the interactive computer game, Create Your Own Caricature, made by Philips and Spitting Image Productions Limited (SI/198). The pack contains the following items: a copy of the game on compact disc; the first issue of a new magazine for 'compact disc interactive' games, CD-i; a press release for Philips CD-i; biographies for Roger Law and David Stoten; and a couple of 35mm slides, which...
Dates:
1992
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Creative Review, 1988, 1992
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/2/2
Scope and Contents
Two issues of the magazine, Creative Review, which focuses on artistic creativity within the commercial industries, such as advertising, and film and television. The following issues are present: 1. December 1988 - pages 14 and 15 contain a small article on a collaboration between Spitting Image Productions Limited and visual artist Matt Forrest, regarding the computer manipulation of photographic imagery. 2. December 1992 - pages 44 and 45...
Dates:
Publication: 1988; Publication: 1992
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Crustacean Phallus Ceramic Sculpture, c mid 1980s-c mid 1990s
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/12/4
Scope and Contents
A ceramic sculpture that is in the shape of a crustacean shell, which has the addition of the head of a human phallus at one end.
This sculpture was made by Blake Mackinnon, and was gifted to Roger Law by one of his employees at Spitting Image Productions Limited, Wesley West.
Dates:
c mid 1980s-c mid 1990s
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Dave Gaskill Cartoon, 1990
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/12/6
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A Dave Gaskill cartoon that has a representation of British ITN newsreader, Reginald Bosanquet, as a Spitting Image puppet. The Bosanquet puppet is being operated by a puppeteer, and is presenting the [ITV] News at Ten programme. A female crew member is seen addressing the puppeteer, and there is the caption: 'Look, you'll just have to keep at it until they've got his successor sorted out!' This cartoon was printed in the 19...
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Publication: 1990
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David Stoten Posters, [1991]-[1992]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/10/4/3
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Photocopies/computer printouts of three posters, drawn by Spitting Image Workshop artist David Stoten, concerning two outings and a party arranged for Spitting Image Productions Limited staff. The posters relate to the following: a Christmas outing to see a pantomime, on Friday 13 December [1991]; a Spitting Image series 12 pre-production party, on Friday 20 March [1992]; and an outing to see dog racing, on Thursday 4 June [1992]. The series 12 pre-production party...
Dates:
[1991]-[1992]
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Sub-Series
Design and Art Direction Awards, 1985 - 1989
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/6
Scope and Contents
Certificates, an award statue, and ephemera relating to the 1985 and 1989 Design and Art Direction Awards.
Dates:
1985 - 1989
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Designers and Art Directors Association Awards, 1967 - 1975
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/6
Scope and Contents
Certificates and an award statue presented to Roger Law by the Designers and Art Directors Association (D&AD), in recognition of his work for the publications Nova and The Sunday Times Magazine.
Dates:
1967 - 1975
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Diana, Princess of Wales Eggcup Mould Set, 1982
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/5/1
Scope and Contents
Two plaster moulds for an eggcup that is made in the image of Diana, Princess of Wales, modelled by Luck & Flaw. Both moulds are for the external features of the eggcup, one for the front with Diana's face, and the other for the back with her hair. Each mould is comprised of three pieces.
Dates:
1982
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Diary and Memo Books, 1979
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/8/5
Scope and Contents
An A5-sized, blue hardback Dataday diary for 1979, containing Roger Law's handwriting with information on his activities for that year. Accompanying the diary are two small Silvine memo books, with red softback covers, which document expenses for business trips to Amsterdam, Hamburg and Paris. The contents of the memo books are also in Law's hand.
Dates:
1979
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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).