Illustration Gallery

'Where Beauty Reigns Supreme - The English Lakes', BR (LMR), 1956

Poster produced for British Railways (BR), London Midland Region (LMR), promoting rail travel to the Lake District, Cumbria, showing an illustrated map of the region. The Lake District's literary connections are also celebrated, with illustrations of the poets Shelley, Southey, Coleridge and Wordsworth, the artist and writer John Ruskin and the novelist Hugh Walpole, who all lived or worked in the area. Artwork by D W Burley. Printed by the Baynard Press

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Jules Verne's Nautilus submarine, artwork

Nautilus submarine. Artwork of the submarine Nautilus surfacing rapidly after sinking a ship. This scene is from the book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), by the French author Jules Verne (1828-1905). The story is about adventures under the sea with Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus. Near the end of the story, a mysterious ship attacks the submarine, but is attacked in turn and sunk

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'The Return of Sherlock Holmes' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - police detective Lestrade with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. From 'The Adventure of the Norwood Builder'. Caption reads: " 'Look at that with your magnifying glass, Mr. Holmes' ". Illustration by British artist Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 - 28 January 1908). Published London; Smith, Elder & Co.; 1911. A.C. Doyle, Scottish author: 22 May 1859 - 7

'The Return of Sherlock Holmes' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - police detective Lestrade with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. From 'The Adventure of the Norwood Builder'. Caption reads: " 'Look at that with your magnifying glass, Mr. Holmes' ". Illustration by British artist Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 - 28 January 1908). Published London; Smith, Elder & Co.; 1911. A.C. Doyle, Scottish author: 22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930

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