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'Ionicus ' ; Joshua Charles Armitage (1913 - 1998)
A most accomplished illustrator of magazines and books, particularly
associated with PUNCH, the English humour magazine. Many Penguin
jackets of the 1950's and 1960's bear his signature. These images
are drawn from his illustration to the edition of Dick Whittington, published
to a text by Walter de la Mare, 1951 and measuring 14 x 21
cms. The format of page tells the tale with 4 linked panels horizontally
across the double page. So you must imagine these two scans
running across the page with panels of text under each image. Here
Dick, an orphan with a cat, is urged by a portly charcoal burner
to make his fortune in London. He sees the Lord Mayor ( a presentiment
here), and is generally rejected by the populace. I chose this spread
because of the pacing of the narrative - achieved by considerable
economy of line. See how much narrative can be achieved in
four panels. The entire book is shown beneath
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