Scope and Contents In the spring of 1995, Spitting Image Productions Limited were commissioned by Steve Heller at The New York Times to produce seven photographic scenes to be used in the Christmas edition of the Sunday supplement, The New York Times Book Review, which was published 3 December 1995. It was agreed upon that a plasticine model representation of the traditional puppet character, Mr. Punch, in Christmas attire would be used. The Mr. Punch model...

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 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 large cartoon mural featuring a felt-tip pen and coloured crayon illustration, relating to nuclear conflict, created by Roger Law for display at Peter Cook's nightclub, The Establishment. 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...

Scope and Contents Five issues of the British newspaper supplement, The Observer Magazine. The following issues are present:1. 19 February 1984 - pages 20 and 21 contain an article on the upcoming first series of Spitting Image, accompanied by a photograph of Roger Law and Peter Fluck, who are buried amongst puppet heads.2. 16 February 1986 - pages 50 to 55 contain an article on male friendships, which includes an interview with Law and...

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 featuring print designs by Roger Law, which 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 has a representation of Baldwin (RL/Pre-/819), and the other has a representation of William Shakespeare (RL/Pre-/911).

Scope and Contents A box containing five sub-files, which hold photographic material relating to an abandoned Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, The Spitting Image Workshop Manual. The idea for the book was proposed by photographer and graphic designer, David King, and he spent time at the Spitting Image Workshop documenting the activities that took place at the company's Limehouse Studios. The project was abandoned when it was decided that such a publication would...

Scope and Contents Issues and tearsheets for the British newspaper supplement, The Sunday Times Magazine. The following items are present:1. 19 February 1984 issue - pages 50 and 51 contain an article on the upcoming first series of Spitting Image, accompanied by a photograph of Roger Law, Peter Fluck and others buried amongst a number of puppets.2. Tearsheets from an October 1986 issue, which contains an article by Lewis Chester on his...

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 (L+F/30) on...

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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 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...

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 featuring print designs by Roger Law, 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...

Scope and Contents A file relating to Roger Law's participation in a festival held by the Theater Instituut Nederland, on puppet theatre, film and television; between 24 and 31 March 1993, in Amsterdam. Law was invited to a public interview on the making of Spitting Image, conducted by Hank van Gelder, on 28 March, held at the Nederlands Filmmuseum. Items include: a travel itinerary, a programme for the festival, a brochure for the Theater Instituut Nederland, and a leaflet for the...

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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. 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 Three issues of the British weekly cultual magazine, Time Out. The following issues are present:1. 21-28 October 1987 (No. 896) - pages 16 and 17 contain a feature on the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Spitting Images.2. 28 October-4 November 1987 (No. 897) - pages 26 and 27 contain an article on Spitting Image, featuring an interview with Roger Law and Peter Fluck. On page...

Scope and Contents A bundle of 18 directors' reports and accounts for Spitting Image Productions Limited's parent company, Tooth'N Claw Limited, for the years ending 31 August 1992 to 1995, 1997 to 2003, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018. Some of the accounts have been produced by KPMG Peat Marwick, and the others by Aston Hughes & Co.Tooth'N Claw was originally formed by Roger Law, Peter Fluck and Tony Hendra; and was one of the main shareholding bodies in Spitting Image Productions...

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 file containing a paperback copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, Treasure Island, which features plasticine model illustrations made by Luck & Flaw, photographed by John Lawrence Jones. The cover of the book also bears the Spitting Image logo. Accompanying the book is a set of photographic proofs for the cover and illustrations (L+F/61 to 82).The original work by Luck & Flaw was done in 1980 and 1981, but it was...

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 has 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).

Scope and Contents Four issues of the British weekly television magazine, TV Times. The following issues are present:1. 25 February-2 March 1984 - the front cover contains a photograph of television astrologer, Russell Grant, accompanied by his Spitting Image puppet. Pages 4 to 6 feature an article on Spitting Image (SI/705 and 706).2. 5-11 January 1985 - pages 13 and 14 feature an article on the upcoming...

Scope and Contents A leaflet for the UK/LA '88 Festival, which was held as a 'celebration of British Arts,' and was a collaboration between UK/LA '88 Inc., various Los Angeles arts organisations, and the British Council. This particular leaflet promotes the festival's The Art of Communication lecture series, which involved 14 lectures held between February and April 1988 at various venues. Spitting Image Productions Limited's Roger Law and John Lloyd gave a talk on the ...