Heath Robinson's Second World War: The Satirical Cartoons
W. Heath Robinson, Geoffrey Beare
List price £10.00
Product Details
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781851244430
- Published:
- 22 Apr 2016
- Publisher:
- Bodleian Library
- Dimensions:
- 160 pages - 253 x 194mm
- Number of Illustrations:
- 46 Line drawings, black and white; 104 Halftones, duotone
- Availability:
- Available
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Soldiers disguised as a herd of cows, cork bath mats for troops crossing streams and a tank with a piano attachment for camp concerts are just some of the absurd inventions to be found in this book of cartoons designed to keep spirits up during the Second World War. These intricate comic drawings poke gentle fun at both the instruments of war and the indignity of the air-raid shelter in Heath Robinson’s inimitable style.
A piano attachment for camp concerts is just one of the absurd inventions to be found in this book of cartoons designed to keep spirits up during the Second World War. These intricate comic drawings poke gentle fun at both the instruments of war and the indignity of the air-raid shelter in Heath Robinson’s inimitable style.
William Heath Robinson (31 May 1872 – 13 September 1944) was an English cartoonist and illustrator best known for drawings of ridiculously complicated machines for achieving simple objectives.