Scope and Contents A file containing full issues and tearsheets for the British weekly current affairs magazine/newspaper, The Economist, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. All these illustrations appear on the front covers of the issues.The following are present:1. Two tearsheets containing the front cover of issue 20-26 December 1975, which features an illustration of British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, depicted as a car salesman;...

Scope and Contents A hardback copy of the book, The English Difference, edited by Paul Jennings and John Gorham. The book features an image of a plasticine model illustration by Roger Law, used in the section, Jollier Regalia, found on pages 112-113. The illustration is of the Speaker of the House of Commons in ceremonial garb, accompanied by the Serjeant at Arms and another attendant, the former of whom is carrying the parliamentary ceremonial mace...

Scope and Contents A large mural containing a felt-tip pen and coloured crayon illustration, which features members of the House of Commons on the left side of the drawing, sat at a large table laden with food, and members of the House of Lords standing in a group on the far right side of the image. In the middle of the illustration, there is a drawing of the Abbot of Ampleforth, accompanied by a caption, which reads, 'We regard both the House of Lords and the House of Commons as quite respectable...

Scope and Contents A large piece of artwork produced by Roger Law at Cambridge School of Art, drawn on newsprint paper with felt-tip pen and coloured with watercolour paint. The artwork is split into four sections: part 'A' is a cartoon drawing of one of Law's school tutors, Paul Hogarth (RL/Pre/859 (a)); part 'B' is a cartoon drawing of another school tutor, Bobby Hunt (RL/Pre-/859 (b)); and part 'C' is a cartoon drawing of a boy and a dog (RL/Pre-/859 (c)). Section 'D' of this artwork is a continuous cartoon...

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A file containing a book jacket and an artwork proof for the publication, The Language of the Law: An Anthology of Legal Prose, edited by Louis Blom-Cooper. The book jacket features a pencil/crayon drawing print by Roger Law, which is an illustration of a British judge (RL/Pre-/980).

Scope and Contents Two hardboard woodcuts containing print designs that were used to illustrate the article series, The Last Heroes, which appeared in the 29 January 1967 issue of The Sunday Times Magazine. The first design is a representation of the assassinated Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, which accompanied a column written by Ronald Segal (RL/Pre-/822). The second design is a representation of the Italian...

Scope and Contents A file containing one issue of the American weekly Sunday supplement, The New York Times Magazine, along with a tearsheet and a photocopy relating to two other issues; all of which contain plasticine model illustrations by Roger Law. The following items are present:1. A photocopy of a front cover for an unidentified issue of the publication, which contains an illustration of the Governor of Alabama, George Wallace (RL/Pre-/715).2. A tearsheet...

Scope and Contents A file containing full issues and tearsheets for the American Sunday newspaper supplement, The New York Times Magazine, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. All these illustrations appear on the front covers of the issues, and those represented were American presidential candidates for the 1976 election.The following are present:1. A tearsheet containing the front cover of issue 14 December 1975, along with a photostat...

Scope and Contents A large mural containing a felt-tip pen and coloured crayon illustration, which relates to nuclear conflict. There is a caption, surrounded in what might be a representation of a mushroom cloud, which reads, 'The goody goodies and the fancy pants brains minus brawn - are the most apt to fall by the wayside during a nuclear war. It is more a question of people out of control than the atom out of control. I recommend that everyone with a fall out shelter should be equipped with gun [sic]. I...

Scope and Contents A file containing two issues of the British newspaper supplement, The Observer Magazine, along with a tearsheet from another issue. Also present is a newspaper cutting from an issue of The Observer Weekend Review. All items contain illustrations by Roger Law. The following are present:1. A cutting from the 22 September 1963 edition of The Observer Weekend Review, which features a woodcut print...

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Two hardboard woodcuts containing print designs that were used on the front page of the 19 April 1964 issue of The Observer Weekend Review, illustrating an essay written by American writer and civil rights activist, James Baldwin, titled, Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare. One of the prints is a representation of Baldwin (RL/Pre-/819), and the other is a representation of William Shakespeare (RL/Pre-/911).

Scope and Contents Two boxes containing numerous issues of the British newspaper supplement, The Sunday Times Magazine, along with tearsheets from other editions of the publication; all of which feature a variety of illustrations by Roger Law. Between 1964-1965, while still working for rival newspaper, The Observer, Law used the pseudonym Alan F. Gill. From the late 1960s onwards, Law's duties branched out beyond illustrating, which included conducting...

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Hardboard woodcuts produced by Roger Law, featuring print designs that were used to illustrate two article series in The Sunday Times Magazine in 1967.

Scope and Contents A box containing issues and tearsheets for British newspaper Sunday supplement, The Sunday Times Magazine, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. One of the issues also has an article that features the partnership's ceramic ware.The following are present:1. Issue 4 July 1976, which features illustrations of the party nominees for the 1976 American presidential election. There is an illustration of Jimmy Carter...

Scope and Contents A file containing two issues of the British quarterly journal, The Twentieth Century, edited by Richard Findlater, which feature illustrations by Roger Law. The following editions are present:1. Spring 1962 (Vol. 171, No. 1013) - page 45 contains an ink drawing, which illustrates the essay, Privacy and the Law, written by Harry Street (RL/Pre-/1108).2. Summer 1962 (Vol. 172, No. 1014) - page 20 contains an ink drawing,...

Scope and Contents Three hardboard woodcuts containing print designs that were used to illustrate the series, The War Diaries of Sir Harold Nicolson, which appeared in four issues of The Sunday Times Magazine, in September and October 1967. The woodcuts are for parts 1 to 3 of the series; no woodcut is present for the fourth and final part. The first design features representations of Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Harold Nicolson (RL/Pre-/695). The second...

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A large mural containing a felt-tip pen and coloured crayon illustration, titled, Those Paris Talks by Ubu Roi. The cartoon strip features two men, dressed in what appears to be restaurant waiter attire, insulting one another (RL/Pre-/1489).

Scope and Contents A file containing two issues of the British men's magazine, Town, along with tearsheets from other issues; all of which feature illustrations by Roger Law. The following items are present:1. May 1963 (Vol. 4, No. 5) - pages 52-55 feature woodcut prints, which accompany the short story, Dream of a Strange Land, by Graham Greene (RL/Pre-/1063).2. Tearsheets and accompanying photocopy from the June 1963 (Vol. 4, No. 6)...

Scope and Contents Four boxes containing an assortment of 63mm x 63mm and 126mm x 120mm photographic transparencies, along with 35mm slides, which feature images of Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations that were published in various magazines, newspapers and other mediums. The contents of the four boxes are in alphabetical order, based on the subject(s) of the illustrations or the title of the work, and are split into the following: A to C, D to G, H to R, and S to W. The final box also has three...

Scope and Contents A box containing photographic material relating to plasticine models produced by Luck & Flaw for an illustrated version of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, Treasure Island. Work on this book took place between May 1980 and March 1981. However, the project was shelved after completion and the illustrated book was not published until 1986, following the success of Spitting Image. The majority of the box's contents are comprised of...

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A hardboard or masonite woodcut that contains a poster design for the Troubadour Coffee House, based at Earls Court, London. The print design features two musicians playing wind instruments, dressed in Jacobean clothing (RL/Pre-/694).

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A bundle of manuscript and typescript short stories, written by Roger Law. These stories are unpublished, some for copyright reasons, including one that involves the F. Scott Fitzgerald character, Pat Hobby. A notable portion of these stories feature a character called Spider. Some of the material are more rough notes than fully fleshed-out stories.

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The first of two versions of 'The Whole Hog' mural. This item is originally labelled as being the 'best' version.

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The second of two versions of 'The Whole Hog' mural. This item is originally labelled as being the 'second best' version.

Scope and Contents A large mural containing a felt-tip pen and coloured crayon illustration, which is separated into four sections and comments on a speech made by the British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. The first section features a representation of Macmillan. The second section contains a drawing of a man, sat at a table laden with food, accompanied by the caption, 'We have not done badly.' The third section features Macmillan and another man sat at a table, once again laden with food, with members of...