The Travel Brochures Gold Silver & Bronze the Pool of London was

the Pool of London was a popular subject for painters

Spear had a long and presumably happy marriage to Mary who he remained with all his life

Described as the ‘Grandfather of British illustration’ (thank you Chris Beetles) his economy of line was said to have modernised his trade and certainly influenced the next generation of cartoonists from Frank Reynolds to David Low

"Ambrus is one of those artist’s I regret not approaching in his lifetime

The Travel Brochures Gold Silver & Bronze the Pool of London wasProfessional illustrators have always made great figurative painters. They bring a technical facility and finely honed draughtsmanship to their art that many conventional painters in the same genre lack. Fosters deftness of brush and narrative movement made him one of the most successful illustrators in a golden era of American illustration. We have two large oils in the exhibition, a studio nude and a genre painting. The nude is great fun, it took me