Scope and Contents A portfolio containing caricature drawings, mostly on detail paper, produced by the Spitting Image Workshop, as part of their work for the British satirical television series, Spitting Image. The contents of this portfolio have been subdivided into four bundles: British sports figures; British media and establishment figures; members of the British royal family and the British religious establishment; and British female political figures.Also present are...

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A file containing material relating to the publication, Spitting Images. The following are present: a paperback copy of the British version of the book, published by Century Hutchinson Limited; a cover proof for the British version; a paperback copy of the American version of the book, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; and contracts for Ben Elton and Heathcote Williams, as additional writers for the publication.

Scope and Contents Seven boxes with numerous sleeves of 63mm and 35mm photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of photographs, the vast majority of which contain images of Spitting Image puppets. These images have been produced for Spitting Image publications and merchandise, commissioned work from external publications and companies, for general use by the media, and for other purposes. There are also transparencies and related...

Scope and Contents A file containing a copy of the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Goodbye!, published by TMP Communications in 1992. This publication is a satirical take on the British celebrity news magazine, Hello!, and its contents focus mainly on the British royal family and its activities, particularly a scandal surrounding Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and her financial advisor, John Bryan. The photographic images found on the...

Scope and Contents A file holding numerous sleeves of photographic transparencies and 35mm slides, along with a small amount of photographs and negatives, which contain puppet illustrations featured in the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Goodbye!, published in 1992. The photographer of these images are unknown, and could either be John Lawrence Jones, Andy de Emmony, Steve Bendelack or another individual.The sleeves and other items are labelled...

Scope and Contents A portfolio containing large and/or mounted photographs that feature mainly Spitting Image-related illustrations and images, either material connected to merchandise, external publications or other activities engaged in by Spitting Image Productions Limited. Some of the photographic prints are contemporaneous with when they were originally shot, and others are later reprints. The later reprints may be dated beyond the SIPL era (1983-1998).There is also a...

Scope and Contents A file of mostly 10" x 8" colour photographic transparencies, containing images of plasticine model illustrations made by Roger Law, which were published in The Sunday Times Magazine and other outlets. Other large sizes of transparencies are present. The file contains the following:1. A transparency with an image of one of the models featured in the article, Who Counts in the Country Set, written by Roy Perrott, which...

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 Four issues of the British satirical and current affairs magazine, Private Eye. The following issues are present:1. Christmas 1986 (No. 652) - the front cover features a plasticine model, dressed in Christmas attire. There is also an advertisement for the Spitting Image album, Spit in Your Ears, on page 31.2. Friday 10 July 1987 (No. 667) - page 17 bears a black and white photograph of a...

Scope and Contents A visifile containing five large colour photographs, which are mounted and were once framed, which feature illustrations produced by Luck & Flaw and Spitting Image Productions Limited. These photographs were displayed at an exhibition on contemporary satirists, held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in the spring of 1997. The following images are present: Michael Foot with Denis Healey (L+F/123); 'Gin & Tonic' Queen Mother (SI/212); a naked Rupert Murdoch with Andrew Neil as the head of...

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A Rupert Murdoch 'Pissing on Britain' model (SI/925), made by the Spitting Image Workshop. This model featured in a black and white photograph, taken by John Lawrence Jones, which was published in issue 667 (10 July 1987) of the British satirical magazine, Private Eye (SI/926).

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 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 box containing numerous plastic sleeves holding 63mm photographic transparencies and 35mm slides, along with a small amount of photographs and negatives, which feature images of puppet illustrations made for both the British and American versions of the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Spitting Images. These photographic images were produced by John Lawrence Jones. The sleeves are labelled with the following information: the...