01 a peculiar
woodcut of the occupations of the season, in woodcut and bound in with
a book on the Famous Battel fought by the Earl of Corke ,and published
in 1642.
02 Coca
Cola, "Thirst Knows No Season", 23 x 28cms December 1962
03"American
Standard Air Conditioning... Keep your Home Comfortable all the Year Round..."
an advertising image, May 1953
BOTTOM ROW Geoffrey Robinson, illustrations to Hockley Clarke's The
Unfolding Year, Rockliff London 1947, four pages, each 13 x 22cms
representing the four quarters of the Year. A highly professional and
sensitive illustrator and painter, Geoffrey Robinson (born 1910) specialised
in imagery of the countryside for which he had a real affinity. He was
that rare breed an illustrator who also acted as an art director (Good
Housekeeping), and editor (Who's Who in Art). He also illustrated Aesop's
Fables.
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