Scope and Contents A box containing a bundle of paperwork, separated into six sub-files, which relate 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:1. A synopsis for the book, which covers the intended contents of each chapter.2. A file containing contracts, a finalised version and drafts, along with correspondence regarding the agreement between Roger Law and...

Scope and Contents A file containing 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...

Scope and Contents A box containing six books published under the Penguin Books' imprint, Pelican, which feature images of plasticine model illustrations made by Luck & Flaw on their covers. There are also cover proofs for four of these books.The following are present:1. Cities: The Public Dimension, written by W. Harvey Cox, along with a cover proof; photographic image by Bob Cramp (L+F/120).2. Franco and the Politics of...

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...

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 an image of a plasticine model illustration, by Luck & Flaw. This...

Scope and Contents A box containing an assortment of colour and black and white photographs, in a variety of sizes and formats, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations that were published in magazines and newspapers. Included in this box is a scrapbook that holds polaroids with raw images of models produced by Roger Law, dating back to the late 1960s, prior to the partnership; the final few pages also hold such photographs of Luck & Flaw models. Also present in this box is a set of 30...

Scope and Contents A box containing a bundle of mainly black and white photographs, which feature images of pencil and plasticine model illustrations produced by Roger Law. These images were published in various magazines and newspapers, along with featuring on the cover and interior of books. The material present is labelled or in packaging labelled with their original reference numbers (i.e. RL/Pre-/number), which can be used to search for their entry in the Deirdre Amsden Paperwork sub-fonds of the archive,...

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A file containing an unbound version of the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image, which contains annotated reference numbers next to the images found in the book, in red ink. There is also a small piece of paper that has a list of these reference numbers, which are missing from this copy.

Scope and Contents A file containing a small number of political-based items, which feature illustrations by Roger Law. The following items are present: two copies of a four-page leaflet that has 16 drawings by Law, titled, Welcome to Annual Conference, which was published by Young Socialists in Cambridge to illustrate 'Democracy in Action,' and was likely handed out at a Labour Party conference in either 1960 or 1961 (RL/Pre-/824 (b)); two copies of an earlier version of the ...

Scope and Contents A portfolio holding a large array of drawings, woodcut prints, proofs, posters, and other items; all of which either contain artwork produced by Roger Law for various publications and companies or relate to his role as an art director for a publication.The following items are present:1. A metal printing plate with an engraved image that featured in The Comedians, published in the 30 January 1966 issue of The Sunday Times...

Scope and Contents A portfolio holding an array of drawings, woodcut prints, proofs, posters, and other items; all of which contain artwork by or relate to Roger Law's activities with various publications, organisations and companies.The following items are present:1. A proof on newsprint paper of a woodcut print, which features an image of Winston Churchill and Sir Harold Nicolson. This image was used in The Sunday Times, as part of The War...

Scope and Contents A portfolio holding an array of drawings, woodcut prints, proofs, photographic material, newspaper/magazine tearsheets and other items; all of which contain artwork or relate to artwork produced by Roger Law for various publications, organisations and companies.The following items are present:1. Three copies of a menu for the Humphrey Ridley Tomalin farewell dinner, which feature eight portraits printed from pencil drawings. The date of the dinner was the 24 February 1965...

Scope and Contents A portfolio that primarily contains items featuring artwork produced by Roger Law, which relate to his collaborations with the author/journalist, Jeremy Sandford, both for an 1964 article in The Observer Weekend Review, titled, What Goes on in Majorca, and a book, Synthetic Fun, published in 1967. The latter contains images found in the former, along with other artwork that is present in this portfolio,...

Scope and Contents A portfolio containing original artwork, mounted on and framed by card, which have been produced by Roger Law for his work with various publications. Some of these card mountings contain instructions for printers.The following items are present:1. A collaged pencil drawing featuring a representation of author and literary critic, Cyril Connolly, which was used in an issue of The Sunday Times (RL/Pre-/816).2. Two coloured pencil...

Scope and Contents A poster on B4-sized photographic paper, which bears an illustration by Astérix co-creator, Albert Uderzo (SI/933 (c)). The illustration shows the comic book characters, Astérix, Obelix and Dogmatix, meeting the co-creators of Spitting Image, Roger Law and Peter Fluck. The poster has the title, Astérix Meets Spitting Image. This illustration was also used on the cover of the artwork proposal booklet for the...

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A promotional poster for the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited book, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image. The poster features an image of Roger Law standing behind an ornate picture frame (SI/391), which contains an image of a Margaret Thatcher puppet carving up Britain; an image originally intended for the abandoned SIPL publication, Thatcha! Ten Years of the Dragon [see entry MS Add.10275/3/3/8/6].

Scope and Contents A file containing two sets of manuscript notes, one in red ink and the other in black ink, whose contents relate to lectures or perhaps just one lecture by Roger Law. The contents of the notes in red ink focus on the French satirical magazine, L'Assiette au Beurre. The contents of the notes in black ink are for a lecture on illustrations and commercial artists in journalism from the turn of the twentieth century. If these sets of notes are for two separate...

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A file of documents containing biographical information and other details about Spitting Image Productions Limited; the company's subsidiaries and Cairo Studios premises; and Roger Law and other SIPL personnel. Some of these documents are final versions and others are drafts. Such documents would have been used in press packs sent to media outlets, and used as part of other promotional efforts.

Scope and Contents A file containing a small bundle of material relating to Roger Law's primary and secondary school education. The items present are: a primary school project book (RL/Pre-/1143) about various explorers, such as Marco Polo and Sir Francis Drake, and exploration, which is illustrated on the cover and throughout by Law; a certificate of attendance from Littleport County Primary School, awarded for the year 1952; an annual report on Law's academic performance and behaviour at Littleport County...

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A plaster mould for an eggcup made in the image of Prince Charles [afterwards King Charles III], modelled by Luck & Flaw. This mould has the front external design for the eggcup, which features Charles' face. The mould is comprised of three pieces.

The mould with the back external design is missing.

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Two copies of a Prince Charles [afterwards King Charles III] loving cup, which was modelled by Luck & Flaw in 1981, as memorabilia for the royal wedding between Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. Both loving cups have a white glossy finish. However, the finish on one of the cups has a darker/slight green tint.

The manufacturer of the loving cups is likely Gill Wing Ceramics.

Scope and Contents A visifile containing multiple copies of five posters for the British satirical and cultural affairs magazine, Private Eye, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. These posters both advertised the publication and were available on sale to the general public. The illustrations contain representations of the following: British journalist, Nigel Dempster, also known as Grovel (L+F/86); the magazine's parody of a far-left political activist, Dave...

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Material relating to the physical production of the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image. This includes, but is not limited to: photocopies and other items containing images of photographs and press-clippings used to decorate the interior pages; paste-ups for the interior pages and dust jacket; and an annotated proof.

Scope and Contents Two boxes containing manuscript and typescript letters, memoranda and postcards addressed to Roger Law, along with a small amount of accompanying material, which mostly concern his professional activities and relationships between 1961 and 1975. There are also copies of letters and memoranda sent by Law to various individuals. Also present are a few letters addressed to Law's wife, Deirdre Amsden.The first box covers the years 1961 to 1969. Topics include, but are not limited to:...

Scope and Contents A file containing a variety of promotional/merchandise material that was produced by, for or relating to Luck & Flaw. The following are present: 1. Two examples of a postcard featuring the Ebenezer Scrooge plasticine model illustration (L+F/38), which was used in the partnership's illustrated edition of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. One of the postcards has an inscription written by Roger Law. The items have been produced by Robert...