Law, Roger, b 1941 (Artist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: b 1941
Gender
- male
Occupations
Places
- Littleport, Cambridgeshire (Place of Birth)
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Newspaper Cuttings, 1962 - 1965, 1974 - 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/2/2
Scope and Contents
A file containing a selection of cuttings from various newspaper publications, which feature either illustrations or other contributions by Roger Law. The following publications are present: Daily Mail, Enterprise-New-America, Punch, Sunday Citizen, The Guardian, The Observer, and The Sunday Times. Some of...
Dates:
Publication: 1962 - 1965; Publication: 1974 - 1975
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Newspaper Cuttings, 1976 - 1986
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/4/2
Scope and Contents
Two files containing cuttings from newspapers, along with some from magazines, which either feature Luck & Flaw illustrations or other items relating to the partnership's work. The first file holds loose clippings from the following publications, but not limited to: Eastern Daily Press, Evening Gazette, Graphics World, Now!, Private Eye, ...
Dates:
Publication: 1976 - 1986
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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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Newspapers
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Newspaper Issues and Tearsheets, 1976 - 1980
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/4/1
Scope and Contents
A large visifile containing full issues and tearsheets of newspapers, and a magazine printed on newsprint paper, which either feature plasticine model illustrations by Luck & Flaw or articles that relate to their work. The following publications are present: Le Matin de Paris, New Musical Express, The News Line, and The Sunday Times.A 6 May 1978 issue of ...
Dates:
Publication: 1976 - 1980
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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).
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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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Newspapers
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Newspaper Tearsheets, 1962 - 1967, 1970 - 1971
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/2/1
Scope and Contents
A large portfolio of newspaper tearsheets and magazines on newsprint paper, which feature artwork by Roger Law; mainly pencil print illustrations. The contents of the portfolio are primarily tears from The Observer and The Sunday Times. However, there are also items from the following publications: Ink (The Other Newspaper), Magnet News, The Alternative,...
Dates:
Publication: 1962 - 1967; Publication: 1970 - 1971
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Newspapers and Newsprint Magazines, 1985 - 1995
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/1/2
Scope and Contents
Issues of and tearsheets from British and international newspapers and large newsprint magazines, which feature interviews with Roger Law and Peter Fluck, along with articles revolving around Spitting Image. There are also articles on the wider activities of Spitting Image Productions Limited. Also present are examples of Spitting Image puppets and other imagery being used to illustrate articles on British politics. The publications...
Dates:
1985 - 1995
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No Such Thing as a Working Class, c 1962
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/2/5
Scope and Contents
A large 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 illustration features several men in dinner jackets around a table, laden with wines and fruits, while two men in working clothes are to one side of the drawing. There is a caption that reads: 'Of course there is no such thing as a working class' (RL/Pre-/1477).
Dates:
c 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
Part restricted. Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
Sub-Sub-Series
Non-commission Magazines, 1976 - 1986
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/13
Scope and Contents
An assortment of British and international magazines and other publications, along with some tearsheets, which feature interviews with Roger Law and Peter Fluck and/or illustrations by Luck & Flaw that were previously published in other outlets.The following are present:1. Issue 15 (out of 15) of the Dutch magazine series, 58 Miljoen Nederlanders; this issue is titled, in Angermans Ogen. Page 418 features the...
Dates:
Publication: 1976 - 1986
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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
Sub-Sub-Series
Non-Commission Publications, 1967 - 1973
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/19
Scope and Contents
A box with a number of publications that contain either interviews with Roger Law and/or examples of his artwork, which have previously featured in other magazines, newspapers and other outlets. The following items are present:1. February 1972 issue of the American magazine, Advertising Techniques.2. The 1969 publication, Cathedral: A Montage of Graphics and Literature, edited by Laurence Kunkel, which features...
Dates:
Publication: 1967 - 1973
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Norwich School of Art Gallery Exhibition, 1985
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/2/2/1
Scope and Contents
Promotional material produced as part of Norwich School of Art Gallery's exhibition, Spitting Image: A Workshop Exhibition, which ran from 10 June to 3 July 1985. Items include: two examples of an invitation card for a private viewing of the exhibition, held on 8 June; a poster for the exhibition, which bears a Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustration (L+F/202) on the front of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and a substantial amount of text and images on the work of ...
Dates:
1985
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Notebook, c 2000
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/9/1/1/1/4
Scope and Contents
A ring-bound, 'Black n' Red' A4 notebook containing various notes and financial figures. The contents of the notebook appear to be in Roger Law's hand.
Dates:
c 2000
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Sub-Sub-Series
Nova, 1967
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/3/2
Scope and Contents
Five hardboard woodcuts featuring print designs by Roger Law, which were used in the May 1967 issue of the magazine, Nova. These prints illustrated an adapted story piece, An Expensive Place to Die, written by Leonard Deighton, which was also released as a novel. The prints feature representations of the following characters found in the story: Monsieur Datt, Davis, Jean-Paul, Maria, and Loiseau (RL/Pre-/1000 (a)-(e)).
Dates:
1967
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
Sub-Sub-Series
Nova, 1966 - 1975
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/7
Scope and Contents
12 issues of the British monthly women's magazine, Nova, along with a number of tearsheets from other editions. Roger Law not only produced illustrations for some of the publication's issues, but also wrote several articles as well. The following issues/tearsheets are present:1. October 1966 - features plasticine model illustrations, which accompany the article, Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned, written by Norman Price...
Dates:
Publication: 1966 - 1975
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Sub-Series
Nova, Early 1970s-1975
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/4/1
Scope and Contents
Material relating to Roger Law's journalistic efforts at the British women's monthly magazine, Nova.
Dates:
Early 1970s-1975
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Ogri, 1995
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/6/1/24
Scope and Contents
A file of correspondence, and accompanying reference material, between Roger Law and artist, Paul Sample, discussing a possible Spitting Image Productions Limited/Screwball Films Limited animated series of Sample's Ogri cartoon strip.
Dates:
1995
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Other Cartoonists, c 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/2/9
Scope and Contents
A large cartoon mural featuring a felt-tip pen and coloured crayon illustration, created by Roger Law for display at Peter Cook's nightclub, The Establishment. The illustration is separated into five sections, each of which comments on the work of five popular newspaper/magazine cartoonists: Peter Maddocks; Walter Ernest Fawkes, who went by the pen name 'Trog;' William 'Willie' George Rushton; Victor 'Vicky' Weisz; and Ronald William Fordham Searle (RL/Pre-/1481).
Dates:
c 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
Part restricted. Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
Sub-Sub-Series
Overseas Business/Networking Trips, 1993 - 1999
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/3/3
Scope and Contents
Material relating to trips made by Roger Law to the United States of America and to Australia, sometimes accompanied by other members of staff from Spitting Image Productions Limited. The purpose of the American trips were to engage in business promotion, and to network with artists, television executives, and advertising companies. Law and other personnel also went over to the States to attend awards ceremonies.The Australian trips were also for business and networking purposes,...
Dates:
1993 - 1999
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Sub-Sub-Series
Panorama, 1976 - 1980
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/5
Scope and Contents
24 full issues and a tearsheet of the Dutch men's weekly magazine, Panorama, which feature photographic images of Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. The majority of the illustrations are part of a series, Koppen Kast, which ran every other week throughout 1977. This series depicted various Dutch and international politicians, British and Dutch royals, Dutch celebrities and other figures in a humorous fashion.The...
Dates:
Publication: 1976 - 1980
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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).
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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
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Paperback edition of Still Spitting at Sixty, 2006
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/6/3
Scope and Contents
A 2006 paperback edition of Roger Law's autobiography, Still Spitting at Sixty. Along with the printed text, there are various copies of artwork by Law throughout the book.
Dates:
Publication: 2006
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Partnership Workbook, 1975 - 1983, c 2000s-c 2010s
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/8/1
Scope and Contents
A four-column Greenback analysis book that documents the various illustration commissions undertaken by Luck & Flaw, between July 1975 and 1983, with information on publication, deadline for job and fee for work. The volume has later additions, c 2000s-c 2010s, presumably written by Deirdre Amsden, noting the L+F reference numbers connected with each job. The vast majority of the volume is unused.Accompanying the volume is a file holding a five-page document of handwritten...
Dates:
1975 - 1983; c 2000s-c 2010s
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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).
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Party Invitation and Membership Cards, c 1960
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/1/2/7
Scope and Contents
A file holding a variety of party invitations, an advertisement card for a play, and a membership card; designed by Roger Law while studying at the Cambridge School of Art. The following items are present: a Christmas party ticket, which features the print design of a man and a dog both wearing saucepans as helmets (RL/Pre-/878); an advertisement card with a lino cut print design for a performance of Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape (RL/Pre-/879); an invitation...
Dates:
c 1960
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
Part restricted. Some material are very fragile - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. See descriptions for further details.
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Pelican Books, 1976 - 1979
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/1/1/2
Scope and Contents
Six books published under the Penguin Books' imprint, Pelican, which feature photographic images of plasticine model illustrations on their covers, which were made by Luck & Flaw. Some of these books are accompanied by cover proofs. Also present are examples of a cover proof for a book published by Penguin.The following are present:1. Franco and the Politics of Spain, written by Edouard de Blaye, along with two cover proofs; photographic...
Dates:
Publication: 1976 - 1979
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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).
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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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Books
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Penguin Books
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Peter Fluck Working Drawings, c 1975-1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/1/1
Scope and Contents
A portfolio containing pencil and ink working drawings by Peter Fluck, along with one drawing by Roger Law, relating to plasticine model illustrations and ceramic ware produced by Luck & Flaw. These drawings feature caricatures of British and international politicians, members of the British royal family, and celebrities. The following drawings are present: 1. Rough drawings of hands and feet; c 1975 (L+F/280 (a)-(b)).2. A portrait of Prince Charles...
Dates:
c 1975-1983
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).
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P.G. Wodehouse Boxset, 1975
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/1/1/1
Scope and Contents
A P.G. Wodehouse boxset holding six books that contain various short stories and novels, including: The Luck of the Bodkins; Right Ho, Jeeves; and Lord Emsworth and Others. The covers of these six books are adorned with illustrations by the artist, Ionicus. The books are held together in a slipcase, which is covered on three sides by a photographic image of a plasticine model illustration, by Luck & Flaw....
Dates:
Publication: 1975
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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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Books
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Penguin Books
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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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Series
Photographic Material, 1961 - 1975
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/3
Scope and Contents
Negatives, transparencies/slides and photographs that hold images of Roger Law's artistic output, such as pencil and plasticine illustrations, which appeared in various publications during the 1960s and up to the mid-1970s.
Dates:
1961 - 1975
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