Scope and Contents

A Design and Art Direction Silver Award statue 'for the most outstanding design for a comedy programme.' The statue is in the shape of a yellow wooden pencil. This award was presented to Roger Law, and was accompanied by a certificate [see entry MS Add.10275/3/11/6/1].

Scope and Contents A file containing two sets of material relating to the chartered accountancy firm, Silver, Levene & Company, and their services to Luck & Flaw. There are three financial statements for the years ending the 5 April 1985, 1986 and 1989. There is also a bundle of correspondence and other papers, which cover the following topics: the payment of interest on overdue taxation for the years 1983/1984 and 1984/1985, the payment of other taxation, and invoices for the preparation of the...

Scope and Contents Two versions of 'The Whole Hog' mural, produced by Roger Law, both of which feature woodcut portrait prints of the former Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Sir Roland 'Roy' Welensky. Across the murals, Welensky morphs from a man into a warthog. These prints were originally published in the 10 April 1962 issue of the magazine, Queen (RL/Pre-/817 and 818). It is unknown which one of the two murals was actually displayed at The Establishment...

Scope and Contents Three boxes containing 35mm and 62mm colour photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of negatives and contact prints. The majority of these items feature images of Roger Law's plasticine model illustrations, used in various publications, from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. However, there is also images relating to Law's and Peter Cook's Almost the End column in The Observer Weekend Review, c1962; a transparency...

Scope and Contents A file containing two promotion-related items concerning the British satirical puppet television show, Spitting Image. The first is an original ring-bound proposal document for the series (SI/1952), dated 1982. Bearing one of the programme's initial titles, Spit'n'Image, the proposal provides an introduction on the proposed production and its premise, along with information on its format and a demo video currently in production, and...

Scope and Contents A file containing a publicity photograph for Spitting Image's 100th episode, which aired in June 1993 (SI/977 (b)). The photograph features a group image of the following puppets: Queen Elizabeth II, Mick Jagger, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Neil Kinnock, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prince Charles [now King Charles III], and Michael Jackson. There are also a couple of computer printouts, which contain the image of another publicity shot taken at the...

Scope and Contents A box containing 22 sub-files that hold bundles of photographs, transparencies, contact prints and negatives; which focus either on Spitting Image personnel or on Spitting Image Productions Limited premises, such as the workshops at Limehouse Docks (early 1980s to c 1989), Plumbers Row (c 1989 to early 1994), and Cairo Studios (1994 to late 1990s/early 2000s). The personnel represented in this file include, but are not limited to: Roger Law, Peter Fluck, John...

Scope and Contents A file holding five sub-folders, which contain a variety of invitations and posters for Spitting Image Productions Limited staff parties and outings. The following are present: 1. Two examples of an invitation leaflet to a Christmas champagne brunch, which took place at some point in the mid-1980s when the company was still based at Limehouse Studios. The invite has caricatures of Roger Law and Peter Fluck on the front (SI/593).2. Two examples of an invitation card to a...

Scope and Contents Two files containing four issues of the German weekly current affairs magazine, Stern, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations.The following editions are present:1. 28 October 1976 (No. 45) - the front cover has an illustration of future American President, Jimmy Carter, dressed as a farmer; photographic image by Bob Cramp (L+F/30).2. 19 July 1979 (No. 30) - pages 90 and 91 hold an illustration, which was...

Scope and Contents

A large visifile that contains a mixture of storyboard, design and set drawings for the puppet film, The Milkman: A Satire on Capitalism. The storyboard and design drawings are in pencil and coloured crayon, and the set design drawings are in pencil, accompanied by annotations in pen (RL/Pre-/781 (a)-(h)).

Scope and Contents A file composed of two faxes from Erik Shields at EVA Entertainment to Roger Law, relating to a prospective children's television series that would incorporate Spitting Image Workshop puppets and animated segments. The show is referred to as Storyteller. One of the faxes contains a write-up of a 'summit' held at Dartington [Hall; Law was giving lessons at the pottery school at the time] between Law, cartoonist, Andy Riley; and representatives of EVA Entertainment....

Scope and Contents

A large cartoon strip mural, created by Roger Law for display at Peter Cook's The Establishment nightclub. The mural, drawn in felt-tip pen and coloured crayon, depicts a man, initially clothed in full military regalia, strip down until he is completely nude, with the exception of a medal covering his genitalia (RL/Pre-/994).

Scope and Contents A file containing material relating to the Penguin Books' publication, Synthetic Fun, written by Jeremy Sandford and illustrated by Roger Law. Items present are: a paperback saleable copy of the book, a page proof version (RL/Pre/755), and a black and white photograph that has an image of one of the illustrations used (RL/Pre/-984). The paperback book has an image of a plasticine model on the front cover, and prints of pencil/ink drawings are found throughout the...

Scope and Contents

A piece of cloth that has a printed design by Roger Law. The print was produced while Law was studying at the Cambridge School of Art.

Scope and Contents

A large cartoon mural, which comes in two parts, featuring a felt-tip pen and coloured crayon illustration, created by Roger Law for display at Peter Cook's nightclub, The Establishment. The drawings present on the mural accompany the lyrics to the festive song, The 12 Days of Christmas. There appears to be a third part missing for this mural, as those present only represent days 1 to 6 and 11 to 12 (RL/Pre-/1486).

Scope and Contents A file containing eight issues of the Cambridge University student publication, The Cambridge Review: A Journal of University Life and Thought, which feature pencil illustrations by Roger Law. The following issues are present:1. 11 March 1961 (Vol. LXXXII, No. 2000) - the cover features an ink drawing print (RL/Pre-/995).2. 29 April 1961 (Vol. LXXXII, No. 2002).3. 6 May 1961 (Vol. LXXXII, No. 2003).4. 13 May 1961 (Vol....

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 file containing one issue of the weekly British magazine/newspaper, The Economist, along with a tearsheet from another issue; both feature artwork by Roger Law. The following items are present:1. 26 December 1959 (Vol. CXCIII, No. 6070) - artwork present that runs along the top of page 1235.2. A tearsheet from the 14 October 1961 issue, containing page 128, which features a pencil ilustration of two theatre tragedy masks that accompanies a...

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 Large murals/giant cartoon strips produced by Roger Law that were displayed at Peter Cook's comedy/jazz nightclub, The Establishment, based in Soho, London. Law made these murals on a weekly basis for a period in 1962 [perhaps starting earlier in late 1961], and they were displayed on a wall opposite the club's bar. The murals either commented on something that was circulating in the news at the time or illustrated other ideas by Cook and Law.These murals are on large newsprint...

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 depicts 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 mural. In the middle of the illustration, there is a drawing of the Abbot of Ampleforth, accompanied by a caption, which...

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...

Scope and Contents

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 Blom-Cooper (RL/Pre-/980).

Scope and Contents Two hardboard woodcuts featuring print designs by Roger Law, which 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...

Scope and Contents Five issues of the British weekly cultural magazine, The Listener, which was published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The following issues are present:1. 7 March 1985 - page 29 contains an article on Spitting Image.2. 25 July 1985 - the front cover has a photographic illustration containing a Spitting Image puppet of satirist, James Gillray (SI/687), and pages 13 and 14 have...