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:
File
Men Only, 1973 - 1974
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/5
Scope and Contents
Three issues of the British pornographic magazine, Men Only, which feature plasticine model illustrations by Roger Law. The following issues are present:1. August 1973 (Vol. 38 No. 8) - pages 8 and 9 feature a model illustration of film director, Ken Russell, with the model setting made by Deirdre Amsden. The illustration accompanies the article, The Devils of Russell, written by Colin Wilson (RL/Pre-/751).2. November...
Dates:
Publication: 1973 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access:
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Series
Miscellaneous, 1964 - 1997
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/13
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous material that does not fit within the other sections of the Spitting Image Productions Limited sub-fonds.
Dates:
1964 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
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Series
Miscellaneous, 1988 - 2011
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/6/10
Scope and Contents
An assortment of audio and video cassette tapes, and DVDs, which either don't fall under the other series found in the Audiovisual sub-fonds or their contents are currently unclear. The following items are present:1. An audio cassette tape labelled, 'Spitting Image UK-LA PDC 4/21/1988.' This tape likely holds a recording of Roger Law's and John Lloyd's talk at the Pacific Design Centre, Los Angeles, held as part of the UK/LA '88 Festival.2. A home VHS tape that appears to...
Dates:
1988 - 2011
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed. These items are waiting to be digitised.
File
Miscellaneous Artwork File 2, 1983 - 1996
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/15/2
Scope and Contents
A portfolio of miscellaneous artwork, both originals and copies, produced by the Spitting Image Workshop, mostly by Pablo Bach and David Stoten. This portfolio is separated into the following seven bundles:1. An assortment of caricatures of Roger Law, along with birthday cards for Law made by staff and family members. 2. An assortment of caricatures for the following individuals: Roger Law, John Lloyd, Mick Hockney, Rosie Hoare, Jim Hennequin, and Harry Enfield. Also...
Dates:
1983 - 1996
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File
Miscellaneous File, 1946, 1954, 1962, 1967 - 1968, 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/5/7
Scope and Contents
A file holding material connected to Roger Law's time in Oregon and other parts of the United States in 1968. There are eight black and white photographs, some of which have been taken from the archive of the newspaper, The Oregonian. These photographs feature images of singer Bob Dylan, actress Tuesday Weld, U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy, a 'hippie girl,' and an unidentified male. There is also a letter dated 17 May 1975 from Luke Lea (né Smith), with whom Law drove...
Dates:
1946; 1954; 1962; 1967 - 1968; 1975
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sub-Series
Miscellaneous Items, 1979, 1985 - 1997
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/4
Scope and Contents
Published material produced by various organisations, the contents of which have some relation to either Spitting Image, Spitting Image Productions Limited or Roger Law. The following items are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their item reference number within this sub-series:1. A blue album that contains tearsheets of magazine front covers, and examples of advert posters for Mannesmann Tally printers. These items feature...
Dates:
Publication: 1979; Publication: 1985 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
Miscellaneous Journalistic File, c 1969-c 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/4/3
Scope and Contents
A file holding proposals for three articles, on the following topics: the British restaurant chain, Golden Egg; the Italian artist, Vincenzo Apicella; and pornography. There are also synopses/summaries for two cartoon strips: one relating to Robert Falcon Scott, proposed for the backpage of the publication, Eagle; and the other titled, The Fleet Family in Isle of Secrets. With the exception of one of the cartoon strips, the intended...
Dates:
c 1969-c 1975
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Sub-Sub-Series
Miscellaneous Magazines, 1961 - 1974
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/18
Scope and Contents
A box holding issues of various publications, along with proofs and tearsheets from other outlets, all of which feature illustrations by Roger Law. The following items are present:1. March-April 1972 (Vol. 2 No. 2) issue of the American literary journal, Audience, which features a plasticine model illustration on pages 38 and 39 (RL/Pre-/939). 2. November 1973 issue of the Dutch magazine, Avenue, which features a...
Dates:
Publication: 1961 - 1974
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Sub-Sub-Series
Miscellaneous Magazines with Commissioned Work, 1975 - 1982
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/12
Scope and Contents
An assortment of British and international magazines, along with tearsheets, which feature plasticine model illustrations by Luck & Flaw.The following are present:1. Issue November-December 1975 of the magazine, Drive, published by the British motoring association, The AA. Pages 16 to 22 feature illustrations that accompany an article about the MOT test. The photographic image was taken by Bob Cramp (L+F/90 (a)-(b)).2. Issue...
Dates:
Publication: 1975 - 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
File
Miscellaneous Nova Material, Early 1970s-1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/4/1/2
Scope and Contents
A file containing a variety of material that relates to Roger Law's journalistic work with the magazine, Nova. These items include: an audio cassette that holds an interview recording with Mollie and John Lynch in Menorca, which is connected to an article, from an unidentified issue, about self-made businessmen; and early draft typescript versions of two articles. Also present is a copy of Andrew Duncan's article on the the President of the National Union of...
Dates:
Early 1970s-1975
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
Miscellaneous Published Material, 1980
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/5
Scope and Contents
A file containing two miscellaneous items that feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. The first is a 12-inch LP live album by German comedian, Mike Krüger, titled, Der Nippel: Live-Aufnahme im Saalbau zu Witten. The vinyl record cover has a portrait model representation of Krüger (L+F/172), holding a hotdog and a tube of mustard. The back of the cover has another portrait of the comedian. The second item is a souvenir brochure for a 1980 West End...
Dates:
Publication: 1980
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
Miscellaneous Sunday Times Magazine Material, 1963 - 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/4/2/9
Scope and Contents
A file holding a variety of material that relates to Roger Law's professional activities, while working for The Sunday Times and The Sunday Times Magazine, both as a freelancer in the early 1960s and as part of the editorial team from the late 1960s onwards. These items include: two reader tickets for the British Museum Library, dated 1963 and 1973, along with a reader ticket for Cambridge University Library, dated 1972; a piece of card...
Dates:
1963 - 1975
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sub-Sub-Series
Miscellaneous Woodcuts, 1961 - 1968
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/3/6
Scope and Contents
A selection of individual woodcuts, featuring print designs by Roger Law. These designs were used by various organisations/companies for promotional purposes, and appeared in different formats, including calendars, posters, and magazine advertisements.
Dates:
1961 - 1968
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
Item
Mould for Ronald Reagan Coffeepot, 1981
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/2/1
Scope and Contents
A plaster mould for the main body of a coffeepot in the likeness of American President, Ronald Reagan, modelled by Luck & Flaw. The mould is in five pieces, which when put together forms an irregular cuboid shape.
There are no moulds for the lid or handle.
Dates:
1981
Conditions Governing Access:
Part restricted. Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
Item
Mould Set for Margaret Thatcher Teapot, 1980
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/1/1
Scope and Contents
Three plaster moulds for the Margaret Thatcher teapot, modelled by Luck & Flaw. The first mould, and the largest of the set, holds the design for the body of the teapot, and comes in five pieces. When these five pieces are together, the mould is in the shape of a cube. The second mould is for the lid of the teapot, and comes in two pieces. The final mould is for the spout, and also comes in two pieces.This mould set is incomplete, missing moulds for the handle and...
Dates:
1980
Conditions Governing Access:
Part restricted. Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Mugs, 1983 - 1988
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/7/2
Scope and Contents
Ceramic mugs modelled by Luck & Flaw, which bear a likeness to the following politicians: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Labour Party, Michael Foot; and American President Ronald Reagan. Two of the mugs were made for the 1983 British General Election.
Dates:
1983 - 1988
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Sub-Sub-Series
Narendra Modi and Rishi Sunak Unfinished Puppet Heads, c early 2020s
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/12/2/5
Scope and Contents
Raw foam latex puppet heads for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, made for the 2020 reboot of the satirical puppet television series, Spitting Image. These puppet heads have no paint, hair or eyes; they are just the base foam latex that a puppet head initially starts as, once removed from its mould.
Dates:
c early 2020s
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
National Lampoon, 1976 - 1978
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/2
Scope and Contents
Two issues of the American humour magazine, National Lampoon, along with associated material, which feature photographic images of Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations.The following editions are present:1. May 1976 - pages 65 to 71 hold 8 illustrations for a feature, EEC! It's the U.S. of E.! The model illustrations depict roles for the following nations in an integrated Europe: Belgium, Denmark, England,...
Dates:
Publication: 1976 - 1978
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
File
National Portrait Gallery Correspondence, 2016 - 2019
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/13/2
Scope and Contents
A file of letters from Dr. Tarnya Cooper and Paul Cox of the National Portrait Gallery to Roger Law, along with computer printouts of his responding letters, regarding the latter's offer to deposit the Spitting Image Archive with the gallery under the Acceptance in Lieu or Cultural Gift schemes. The items present cover the following: the gallery's inability to accept the archive; their willingness to acquire a few Spitting Image portraits for their collection; and...
Dates:
2016 - 2019
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)).
Sub-Series
Negatives, 1961 - 1968
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/3/1
Scope and Contents
Photographic negatives that relate to Roger Law's published output and other aspects of his professional life. This section has been split into the following: negatives that contain reference images for the illustrations produced by Law, a set of copy negatives with images of drawn and woodcut illustrations; and a set of glass negatives holding an assortment of images.
Dates:
1961 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
New Scientist, 1976 - 1977
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/3
Scope and Contents
Two issues of the weekly science magazine, New Scientist. Both editions of the publication feature photographic images of Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations on their front covers.The following are present:1. Issue 2 September 1976 - the cover features a model of a scientist with a laboratory scale; photographic image taken by John Lawrence Jones.2. Issue 13 October 1977 - the cover features a model of an aphid, depicted as...
Dates:
Publication: 1976 - 1977
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
File
New Society, 1966, 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/6
Scope and Contents
Two issues of the British weekly publication, New Society, along with a tearsheet from another issue of the magazine; all of which feature illustrations by Roger Law. The following issues/tearsheets are present:1. A tearsheet containing page 16 from 3 February 1966 issue, with a pencil drawing print of Lord Ashfield, which accompanies an article by T.C. Barker, titled, London's Third Traffic Crisis (RL/Pre-/1099).2. 4...
Dates:
Publication: 1966; Publication: 1970
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New Statesman, 1979 - 1980
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/4
Scope and Contents
Four issues of the British weekly political and cultural magazine, New Statesman. All four editions feature photographic images of Luck & Flaw illustrations on their front covers.The following issues are present:1. 27 April 1979 - the cover has a plasticine model illustration that depicts British politician, Margaret Thatcher, as a question mark. The photographic image was taken by John Lawrence Jones (L+F/234).2. 11 May 1979 - the...
Dates:
Publication: 1979 - 1980
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
/
Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
/
Published Material
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Magazines
File
New Zealand Lecture Tour File, 1999
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/1/3
Scope and Contents
A file containing material relating to Roger Law's lecture tour of New Zealand, between 5 and 12 September 1999, organised by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Trust. Items include: two versions of Law's tour itinerary; and a bound document that holds a report by the trust on the tour and photocopies of press-cuttings. The bound document is also accompanied by a note from the trust's curator, Susan Foster. Also present is a fax from Foster to Law, which makes reference to the latter's intent...
Dates:
1999
Conditions Governing Access:
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Item
News of the World/A Taste of Honey, c 1962
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/2/4
Scope and Contents
A cartoon strip mural featuring a felt-tip pen and coloured crayon illustration, created by Roger Law for display at Peter Cook's nightclub, The Establishment. The mural features an image of two men at a table, one reading an issue of the newspaper, News of the World, and the other reading a copy of the play, A Taste of Honey, written by Shelagh Delaney. There is a caption that reads: 'What are you reading that book for?.. It's only dirt...
Dates:
c 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
Restricted. Not available for consultation. Please contact repository.