Scope and Contents A file holding photographic material that relates to some of the music singles and albums that Spitting Image Productions Limited released, between 1984 and 1990. All images appear to be puppet illustrations for use as artwork for vinyl covers and posters.There is a plastic sleeve with transparencies connected to the 1984 single, Da Do Run Ron (SI/496). This sleeve holds eight 63mm transparencies, six of which are mounted as slides. There is also two 35mm...

Scope and Contents A file holding photographic material relating to t-shirts designed by Spitting Image Productions Limited, coinciding with the 1987 British general election (SI/497). There are two examples of a black and white photograph, which features puppets of politicians David Owen, David Steel, Neil Kinnock and Margaret Thatcher wearing the t-shirts produced. There is also four colour 63mm transparencies, six black and white contact prints, and six black and white negatives.The photographer...

Scope and Contents A file holding photographic material relating to the Spitting Image Productions Limited boardgame, The Game of Scandal, manufactured by Parker and released in 1987 (SI/443-449). There are 63mm transparencies, contact prints, negatives, and black and white photographs. Some of the images were taken as artwork for inclusion in the game and for its packaging, and others were taken for publicity purposes. There are images of Spitting Image puppets for the following...

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A file holding sheets of black and white contacts prints, and strips of 63mm colour transparencies, which hold publicity images for Spitting Image Productions Limited's 'Pet Hates' dog chew toys (SI/463-469). There are images of dog chews in the likeness of the following politicians: Mikhail Gorbachev, Neil Kinnock, David Owen with David Steel, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher.

Scope and Contents A folder containing 17 plastic sleeves of photographic material, relating to a Spitting Image calendar for 1988 (SI/31 and 109-117). The sleeves primarily hold 63mm colour transparencies. However, there are also a few negatives, and a colour photograph. The images have illustrations that feature plasticine models and/or puppets of various celebrities and politicians from the period.John Lawrence Jones appears to have been the primary photographer for this...

Scope and Contents A file holding photographic material relating to Spitting Image Productions Limited's merchandise slippers, which were designed to look like beds and featured plastic heads of members of the British royal family, and American and British politicians, at the toe-ends of the shoes (SI/438-442). The majority of the file's contents are plastic sleeves with 63mm colour transparencies, but there are also contact prints and some photographs. These items feature publicity shots of the slippers,...

Scope and Contents A file holding photographic material relating to Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise (SI/437, 439, 443, 464, 470-489, 503 and 504). The majority of the file's contents are sleeves with dedicated sets of 63mm transparencies, which have publicity shots for the following items: aprons and oven gloves, watches, boxer shorts, answerphone tapes, and t-shirts. There is also a set of transparencies that feature publicity images of a John Major puppet holding a selection of ...

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A file holding photographic material connected to merchandise key rings, designed by Spitting Image Productions Limited (SI/452-460). These key rings are in the shape of the heads of various British politicians and royal family members, and international politicians. There are eight strips of 63mm colour transparencies that feature publicity shots, and there are four polaroids that hold images of what appears to be the silicone masters for some of the key rings.

Scope and Contents A file holding 63mm colour transparencies with images produced for trading cards that accompanied Topps' bubble gum (SI/9, 15, 63, 65, 79, 86, 97, 102, 684, 686, 717, 746, 751, 764, 831, 1020, 1035, 1037, and 1060). There are 19 plastic sleeves, each holding a dedicated set of transparencies for a particular plasticine model or puppet illustration, produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited, which feature one or more celebrities, politicians or members of the British royal family....