This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
Mallards over the Marshes
Artist: Roland Green
Mallards over the Marshes
Artist: Roland Green
Anna Sewell said she wrote the novel "to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses"
Artist: Harry Wingfield
Anna Sewell said she wrote the novel "to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses"
Artist: Harry Wingfield
‘Evening party at the big house’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1958)
‘Evening party at the big house’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1958)
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’, 1965
Artist: Robert Lumley
‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’, 1965
Artist: Robert Lumley
Artist: Martin Aitchison
Artist: Martin Aitchison
Here are some of his books for Ladybird
Here are some of his books for Ladybird
(Five Little Kittens, 1955)
Artist: A Macgregor
(Five Little Kittens, 1955)
Artist: A Macgregor
The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cherries’
Picture Book (1973)
The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cherries’
Picture Book (1973)
This wonderful 1950s Austin car brochure was printed by Wills & Hepworth, the firm behind the 'Ladybird' brand.
(Artist uncredited)
This wonderful 1950s Austin car brochure was printed by Wills & Hepworth, the firm behind the 'Ladybird' brand.
(Artist uncredited)
from Tootles the Taxi (1956)
Artist: John Kenney
from Tootles the Taxi (1956)
Artist: John Kenney
(What to look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
A dress with a sticky-out skirt
Artist: Kenneth Inns
A dress with a sticky-out skirt
Artist: Kenneth Inns
“Between the mild days, November frosts strip the coloured leaves of the shrubs and climbers of the hedgerow so that all the fruits of early winter show more vigourously against a paler sky”
Artists: Edith & Rowland Hilder
Writer: Geoffrey Grigson
“Between the mild days, November frosts strip the coloured leaves of the shrubs and climbers of the hedgerow so that all the fruits of early winter show more vigourously against a paler sky”
Artists: Edith & Rowland Hilder
Writer: Geoffrey Grigson
(Trees, 1963)
Artist: SR Badmin
(Trees, 1963)
Artist: SR Badmin
“With so much noise in the world, we have to listen carefully to the things that are worth hearing”
(‘Sounds’, Artist: BH Robinson)
“With so much noise in the world, we have to listen carefully to the things that are worth hearing”
(‘Sounds’, Artist: BH Robinson)
Hovercraft on the Thames, 1972
Artist: Frank Humphris
Hovercraft on the Thames, 1972
Artist: Frank Humphris
‘What to Look for in Autumn’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer:
EL Grant Watson
‘What to Look for in Autumn’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer:
EL Grant Watson
Monsal Dale in Autumn
Cover picture, Readers Digest, 1983
Artist: SR Badmin
Monsal Dale in Autumn
Cover picture, Readers Digest, 1983
Artist: SR Badmin
(Helping at Home, 1961)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
(Helping at Home, 1961)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
Jane’s shop - a study for an illustration in one of the first books I remember: Peter and Jane 1b (1963)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
Jane’s shop - a study for an illustration in one of the first books I remember: Peter and Jane 1b (1963)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
‘Gallant Old Engine’ (1962)
(Ladybird Artist John Kenney also illustrated for Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series)
‘Gallant Old Engine’ (1962)
(Ladybird Artist John Kenney also illustrated for Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series)
‘November on the Dorset Coast’
Whitbread calendar 1971
Artist: SR Badmin
‘November on the Dorset Coast’
Whitbread calendar 1971
Artist: SR Badmin
Underwater Exploration, 1967.
(Particularly haunting illustrations)
Artist: B Knight
Underwater Exploration, 1967.
(Particularly haunting illustrations)
Artist: B Knight