Heath Robinson: How to Be a Motorist

by K.R.G. Browne and W. Heath Robinson

Heath Robinson (1872-1944) is Britain's "Gadget King"--master of the art of creating madcap contraptions that made use of ropes, weights, and pulleys to perform relatively simple tasks, from wart removal to peeling potatoes. Although he trained as a painter and also worked as a book illustrator, Robinson developed his forte with drawings of gadgets that parodied the absurdities of modern life. A true cartoonist, Robinson had a way of getting at the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851244344
• ISBN13: 9781851244348
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Bodleian Library
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 7.3"