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Cover
Country Sporting Life
Signed
Watercolour with pen and ink and bodycolour
8'/2X 12V8 inches
Design for Sporting Prints
Back cover
Mallards Rising
Signed
Watercolour with bodycolour
7 3/8 x 1 1 inches
countryside that has only strengthened throughout his life.
Norman Thelwell There are particularly fond memories of trips to Raby Mere
and Dibbensdale, and since that time he has always been
captivated by the life and activity of stretches of water. Leaving
school in 1939. he joined an office as a junior clerk because at
that time, he muses, "...for a boy from a northern industrial
town to ask to be an illustrator was like asking to be a
ballet dancer!"
comment that reflect some part of everyone's lives and the humourous art were
of Art (1947-50). Although attempts at
humorous situations they have encountered. In turn he readily subdued in memories of the Common
art college classes,
accepts that he has been lucky to have made a living out of Room ringing with laughter and music were an outlet and
entertaining such a wide public with his pictures. breeding ground for ideas and comic observations. It was
Perhaps was Thelwell's upbringing in the industrial
it while he married and in 1950 Thelwell, his wife
at college that
north-west of England in the 1920s-30s that gave his sense of and baby son moved to Wolverhampton where he had taken
proportion and the opportunity to observe all aspects of life in up a teaching post at the College of Art. His first experience in
town and country. Born on 3 May 1923, Norman Thelwell teaching had left him sadly disillusioned in dealing with those
remembers always wanting to draw as a child although at the infant or 'warrior' stage; it had also left him daubed with
throughout his school career art was considered a second-rate paint and shell-shocked! Thelwell realised that children are
subject. He recalls finding drawing and painting much easier often oblivious to the rules that govern adult society and the
than other subjects, "...with drawing the answer was always children that he has drawn obviously think the same way.
there in front of you - you only had to look." His childhood Thelwell had been teachingfor 2 years when he sent his first
anecdotes and remininscences are reflected in the children he cartoon in to Punch magazine. While working for Punch over
has continued to portray in his cartoons. Although he grew up the next 25 years sixty covers and fifteen hundred illustrations
in the industrial area around Birkenhead, images from the were produced. Regular work for this publication brought him
countryside were not unknown: draught horses were still the achievement from which to develop and also propel his
widely used, especially on the docks, and there were herds of pictures out to a wider public. Thelwell explains that ".
. . when I
cattle along the Old Chester Road. was working for Punch, it was very different from working for a
Weekend excursions and holidays on a North Wales farm newspaper. You had to look at what was happeningaround you
are recalled in Thelwell's autobiography, Wrestling with a in the world. For example when picture windows in houses
Pencil, with a sensitivity and abiding passion for the were the 'thing', even though people didn't always have a
picture to look at!" He had pointed to a fashion in a way that conditions as work got slowly underway. His ambitions to be
exposed all that was funny and foolish in this suburban need to near running water seemed fulfilled - it is a story of deluges of
impress and conform. ram lasting days, flooded rivers, lethal plumbing and the
By 956 such was the load of freelance work for Punch, News
1 successful running of the mill wheel.
Chronicle and other publications that Thelwell made the Braishfield was left behind at the appropriate time and
decision to leave teaching and take up illustration full-time. It Penruin was sold when trips to Cornwall were no longer
left the family free to move where they liked in the country viable. Of Penruin he writes, "There is enormous satisfaction in
providing transport to London was available for the artwork. making something beautiful or restoring something which
An idea for the daily papers had to be on the drawing board by w as once when it is likely to give pleasure for
so, particularly
Millstone Round My Neck is the story of the restoration of that was not intrinsic to the joke, But humour cannot, thank
. . .
Penruin. Fond memories and many fine black and white goodness, be controlled by theories or confined within
drawings, sketches and watercolours are a result of the dogmatic limits; Thelwell's finds its' proper expression 'in the
weekends spent there; the sketching and fishing breaks with round' - in a recognisable world." (H. F. Ellis - Foreword to
the family and variety of companions in often uncomfortable The/zee/ 1 Country.)
. .
"I tended to do the things I enjoy." Thelwell explains, "which frontal' in his pictures, he is more successful in getting the
tend to be country subjects." The first pony cartoon in 1953 of message o\ er; an oblique observation gi\ en several times has a
the blacksmith asking the small child of her pony's shoes, "Ow longer lasting effect and means the artist gives himself more
do they feel then brought more letters from readers than ever
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room to manoeuvre either to enforce or soften if the theme
before. It was over a year later that he produced another pony aken up once more. Often unpleasant traits and
cartoon; he explains in his autobiography that "...I loved characteristics are shown in his people, but in such a way that
drawing cows and pigs and chickens too and my liking for we can laugh or sympathize with them: everyone has been
horses sprang from the fact that they are beautiful to draw. . through a fraught or frustrating situation only to find it
(4). He also admits admiration for people who could amusing when seen after some time. Another secret to his
seemingly handle these often unpredictable animals. Anyone success is that his people are individuals but not particular
who has ridden as a child can identify in any pony those ones, we all know them as collective groups in societv. There is
Thelwellian characteristics so often portrayed - either the good neighbour who will still throw the rubbish over the
murderous intent towards their small riders or taking such garden fence when you are not looking, the holiday-makers'
infinite care of their bouncing precarious loads. almost uncontrollable instinct to form queues to resorts or
The term Thelwell pony' has since passed into the English flocks on beaches, and in the 1950-60S the destruction of
language although the ponies are actually a small proportion beauty spots or old buildings for a so-called better world. All in
of Thelwell's artistic output. The Punch editors became all what Thelwell terms as "theendearing lunacy of human
concerned that the success of the 'ponies' would restrict the behaviour." (5) Thelw . ell continues to draw the world around
known range of Thelwell's creativity. It is wrong to associate him with the same enthusiasm he has shown since childhood,
Thelwell purely with the very caricatured cartoons of his particular love remaining his beloved England and the
Penelope and Kipper serialised in the Sunday Express. His wildlife that is at home here.
observations were alive to the surrounding world and its' In an Artists Profile' article in Punch of July 7 1965 Patrick
issues. Ideas were often developed from something seen and Skene Catling explains of the early illustrators' traditions:
reproduced without a caption in the belief that "You can't "For all their dissimilarities, for all the stylistic peculiarities of
explain what you see necessarily." The timing in his pictures is their own and of their periods, they shared the orthodox
often set to perfection: Thelwell explains that ". . . it was nice to English artistitic virtues, a pragmatic sense of public decency,
produce a picture just before or after the climax because it a clear eve. a steady, workmanlike hand and a warm, even
allows the person free range to imagine what may have sentimental heart." Included in the forefront of this tradition is
conflicting interests of leisure and industry and the rise of published by Methuen London Ltd., 1986
2. // 'ratling with ti Pencil, pagi
battery farming. "I can think what I like." he states, "but I
3. A Millstone Round My Neck,by Norman Thelwell. page 174;
believe that I helped to start the anti-battery farming published by Eyre Methuen., 1981
movement in Britain." 4 // restling with a Pencil, page 91
Thelwell believes that, because he never attacks with a 'full- 5. II 'restling u ith a Pencil, page 58
Books by Norman Thelwell
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149 154
Chalk Pits in the Test Valley Sketch: How to Draw Ponies
Signed and dated July 18. 1976 All The Secrets Revealed By Thelwell
Watercolour Signed
10V2X 13 3A inches Watercolour, pen and ink and pencil
Illustrated: 'Wrestling with a Pencil', page 101; 7x7'/2 inches
published by Methuen London Ltd., 1986 155
150 Corfe Castle, Dorset
Sheep Farm in Mid Wales Signed
Signed and dated '75 Watercolour
Watercolour 8 'Ax 12'/8 inches
9 5/8X 14'/s inches 156
Illustrated: 'Wrestling with a Pencil', page 151; West Country River
published by Methuen London Ltd., 1986 Signed and dated 1982
Watercolour
151
16x 19 5/8 inches
Poplars in the Test Valley, Hampshire
Signed and dated August 15. 1976 157
Signed
Watercolour with crayon
7 3/8X 10% inches
I'M SORRY I EVER MENTIONED He'd GOT A STONE IN HIS HOOF.
Signed and inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink
7'/4X6'/4 inches
Horseback - and Elsewhere', page 50;
Illustrated: 'Angels on
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1957
10
'Pretty-pretty'
Signed and inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink
8 1
j\\l ]
v inches
Punch, November 3 1.952, page
Illustrated: 17; 'Angels on
Horseback - and Elsewhere', page 93,
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1957
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Just look at it!. 'Lacks initiative. easily dominated'
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12
'P.S. Please excuse the scribble.'
Signed and inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink
8 3Axll inches
Illustrated: Punch, July 6 1953, page 13
13
The Countryside Nomad
Signed
Pen and ink
6x11 inches
Illustrated: Punch, July 6 1953, page 48;
page 84, Thelwell Country',
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1959
14
Annie
Signed
Pen and ink
7 s k\ 10
1
2 inches
Illustrated: Punch, June 16 1954, page 718
inches
5 1
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10
'I like it. But is it new?' "Wii.lowbrook Show on the Green
Signed and inscribed with title in pencil Pen and ink with watercolour
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash 12 i\9 inches
1
9'/4Xl2V2 inches Sketch for illustration in Punch, March 9 1955, page 317;
Illustrated: Punch, June 30 1954, page 772 'Angels on Horseback - and Elsewhere'
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1957
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WHO ?KEStHTElJ THE WUiES
77
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12
I SEE YOU'VE KICKED THE TOES OUT OF THEM ALREADY*.
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The Hunt
Pen and ink
8x17 inches
Illustrated: 'Angels on Horseback - and Elsewhere', pages 80-81
colour illustration of same subject produced in Punch,
November 1954, page 34
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'Henry! Henry! You mad fool! Let him overtake'.
Signed and inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink with zipatone
5'/sx l3 3/8 inches
News Chronicle, 1958 (when the first stretch of the
Illustrated:
new motorway was opened); Wrestling with a Pencil', page 71,
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1986
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15
Helpful Neighbours
Signed
Pen and ink
5Ux7' 2 inches
Illustrated: Punch, August 26 1959,
page 66
16
AND OF COURSE ITS PEOPLE*.
"...
Signed with initial
Pen and ink
6 /2X5
l l
U inches
Illustrated: Punch, July 16 1958, page 91;
'Thelwell Countrx page 96,
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The golf baby
Signed
Pen and ink
6 1
2x6 inches
Punch, September 29 1954, page 404;
Illustrated:
and Eleswhere', page 82,
'Angels on Horseback -
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1957
18
Bagged
Signed
Pen and ink
5 3/4X7' 2 inches
Illustrated: 'Thelwell Countn', page 68;'
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19
A Bad Day at the Shoot
Signed
Pen and ink
5 2X 7 inches
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20
The huntsman and the Hitch-Hiking Tramp
Signed
Pen and ink
5 2X8 inches
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21
Thelwell Country Methuen & Co. Ltd Frontispiece
Signed
Pen and ink
10 3 4X8' 2 inches
Illustrated: 'Thelwell Country', ^*<jjU
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1959
MsThuen . C 6- U p 1 ?
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22
The New Forest Pony: 'Due to an abundance of traffic in the
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23
The AA Man and the Holiday Queues
Signed
Pen and ink
7
1
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i inches
Illustrated: Punch, June 1 1960, page 749
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24
Hey Pete! There's a real beauty over here with vital
statistics of two and a half, nothing and ninety-six'.
Signed and inscribed in pencil
Pen and ink with zipatone
7xll'/2 inches
Illustrated: News Chronicle 1958, 'Wrestling with a Penal', page 89,
26
25
'Which shall we parcel up for him for Christmas?'
Signed and inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink
5 3Ax 10 3 4 inches
Illustrated: Punch, December 7 1960, page 802
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26
Ask Gaffer what's brought 'im to
the verge of ruin this year. the
rain or the drought?'
Signed and inscribed with title
in pencil
Pen and ink with zipatone and crayon
6'/2XlO inches
Illustrated: News Chronicle
27
'Here comes Charlie! Let's have a
rubber of bridge'.
Signed and inscribed with title
Pen and ink with zipatone and crayon
~^*?^L\.^ 6'/8Xl2'/2 inches
Illustrated: News Chronicle; 'Thelwell
Country',page 57,
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1959
28
28
Now we mustn't lose our temper, Wendy - perhaps we'll
BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE GYMKHANA NEXT YEAR'.
Pen and ink with zipatone
7 1
ix li> !
+ inches
Illustrated: News Chronicle
29
29
The Water-Fowler
Signed
Pen and ink
6XHV2 inches
Illustrated: Punch, February 21 1962, page 319
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The Boggy Rugby Pitch
Signed
Pen and ink
4'/8Xl0 1
/2 inches
Illustrated: Punch, December 27 1961
30
31
'He makes me sick - runs a vintage Bentley too'.
Signed and inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
8'Axl0 3/4 inches
Illustrated: Punch, January 24 1962, page 161
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32
'WHAT MAKES ME SO MAD IS BEING RUINED EVERY YEAR BY
THE WEATHER*.
Pen and ink with zipatone
6 "
s\il : s inches
Illustrated: News Chronicle
32
33
'Ever since childhood, i've never wanted any other
life but farming'.
Signed and inscribed with title
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
6 3/4.xl0'/2 inches
Illustrated: Punch, September 6 1961, page 355
33
34
A Safety Belt for two
Signed
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
4x10' 2 inches
Illustrated: Punch, March 21 1962, page 143
35
American Tourists arrive in Britain
Signed
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
7 'Ax 10'/2 inches
Illustrated: Punch, June 6 1962, page 860
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36
I'dlike to see General Charles de Gaulle influence
hisagricultural policy.'
Signed and inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash and crayon
8x10':.' inches
Illustrated: Punch. January 9 1963, page 66
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'You're bound to feel nervous
the first time on television.'
Signed and inscribed with title
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
6' txlO 1
-2 inches
Illustrated: Punch, June 5 1963, page 808;
The Effluent Society', page 66,
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1971;
7/ 'rest ling with a Pencil', page 92
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1986
38
would you mind filling
'Parkinson,
the watering-can from the tap?'
Signed and inscribed with title in
36
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39
'No, don'ttell ME .
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Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
5 1
+x7' 2 inches
Illustrated: Punch, August 21 1963, page 275
40
'Don't you ever relax, J. B.?'
Signed and inscribed with title
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
7 3Axll inches
Punch, September 4 1963, page 334
Illustrated:
Book of Leisure', page 4,
'Thelwell's
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1968
37
41
The War of the Year The War of the Year:
Almanack colour page
Signed
Pen and ink with watercolour
13 *x20' a inches
'
pages 673-4
7 C^
Deiamere seen* proieci.c
way to school in the Residency car.
operation in person
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t leads
2 Lost in
force ovvr the border -<o Bsuwau i stale
hostile to the Suit of Ojibruli nd 'n.ked fo
HI are
captured.
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, ,ies armed force .town on imports 5. There are repercussions everywhere, as the Ameri-
' rim r of plot to reinforce the Bauwauis can motor industry sees trouble ahead.
of Cadillacs from '/it U S
Djibru' Has him arrested
with Brili. n am ation for invasion of
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It is important to pick the right breed for your home
Signed
Pen and ink
4 1
t\5' + inches
Illustrated: 'Top Dog', page 1 1;
43 44
Don't have a dog that takes over the house So IF YOU WANT A WATCHDOG MAKE SURE YOU GET A
Signed GOOD ONE
Pen and ink Signed
3'/2X5 3/4 inches Pen and ink
Illustrated: 'Top Dog', page 14; S'AxS'/a inches
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1964 Illustrated: 'Top Dog', page 19;
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1964
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See that his teeth are clean and white
And his nose cold and damp
Signed
Signed
Pen and ink
Pen and ink
3x4 inches
2'/2x3 3/4 inches
Illustrated: 'Top Dog', page 52;
Illustrated: 'Top Dog', page 52;
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1964
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1964
47
The Show Dog
Signed 48
Pen and ink 'Trust'
5V2X4 inches Signed
Illustrated: 'Top Dog', page 107; Pen and ink
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1964 5 'Ax 5 '/a inches
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49
'I've got a three-litre Rover at the
/M i
%2m>
moment
Salford.'
about a mile outside
50
'.:,'- The Doctors' Verdict
Signed
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
6x9 3/* inches
Illustrated: Punch, January 20 1965, page 95
42
51
There is no point in being well-groomed yourself
THE SAME
Signed and inscribed with title
52
Some riders favour a lot of bandages on their horse
this is not always as pointless ... as it may appear
Signed
Pen and ink
10'/4x5 inches
Illustrated: 'Riding Academy', page 83-84;
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1965
43
the Sunday papers yet?'
'Have you einished with
Signed and inscribed with
title
54 patch.
'We bought it mainly to cover a damp
title in pencil
Signed and inscribed with
monochrome colour wash and crayon
Pe^and ink with
43/4x11 'A inches
Punch, January 5 1966, page
5
Illustrated:
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55
Closed fok Lunch
Signed
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
7x 10 s
a inches
Illustrated: Punch, January 19 1966, page 78
45
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Punch Cover: October 3rd
Pen and ink
10 3/4X8'/+ inches
46
Next'
Signed and inscribed with title
GUIDANCE
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
COUNCIL
5' +x7 inches
Illustrated: Punch. April 19 1967, page 564
NEXT
58
The Office Golfer
Signed
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
sVsxlO'/s inches
Illustrated: Punch. August 2 1967, page 162;
47
59
'I didn't spot that pollution 'till
it was too late.
Signed
Pen and ink
6x8 inches
Illustrated: Punch, August 9 1967, page 28;
Thelwell's Book of Leisure',
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1968
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'A Number Four Iron'
Signed and inscribed with title
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
^'AxloVs inches &LW1
Illustrated: Punch, January 29 1969, page 155
61
A Previous Year's Model
Signed
Pen and ink with crayon
6'/2X 10 'A inches
Illustrated:Punch, December 6 1967, page 848;
'The Effluent Society', page 3 1
48
'AS lb
62
Thelw ell's Compleat Tangler
Signed
Watercolour pen and ink
8 1
-jx 13% inches
Illustrated: Dust Jacket to hardback edition of
Thelwell's Compleat Tangier'
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1967
63
I DON'T WAN! TO LOAN WANT FRIENDSHIP.
I
Signed
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
6x 7
1
a inches
Illustrated: Punch. May 8 1968, page 675
64
The Curiosity Shop
Signed
Pen and ink with monochrome colour
wash and crayon
6 2.x 9
1
' * inches
Illustrated: 'Thelwell's Book of Leisure',
page 10;
'-fche'ue'''
49
65
'You'd better get washed and
changed. They're having company.'
Signed and inscribed with title
Pen and ink with monochrome colour
wash and crayon
6x9 3A inches
Illustrated: Punch, 3 June 1970,
page 821;
The Effluent Society', page 80,
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1971;
:feR&lw &'j
66
'Run along and help Grandad
freeze the chickens!'
Signed and inscribed with title
Pen and ink with monochrome
colour wash
6'/4X9 l
/2 inches
Illustrated: Punch, July 1 1970,
page 23;
The Effluent Society', page 41,
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1971;
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Student Demonstrators
Signed
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
6 2X9 inches
1
68
'IPROMISE YOU THE VERY NEXT DRAMA
SPOT WE GET.'
Signed and inscribed with title
Pen and ink
6'/4X8'/4 inches
Illustrated: Punch, November 18 1970,
page 7 1
51
69
The T.V. Addicts
Signed
Pen and ink
7x9 3 8 inches
70
The Effluent Society
Signed
Pen and ink
6x 10' 4 inches
Illustrated: Punch, March 17 1971, page 36',
52
71
'Hold it Simpson! He's a trusty'
Signed and inscribed with title
Pen and ink
5x9'/4 inches
Illustrated: 'The Effluent Society', page 47;
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1971
72
must admit they knew their job.
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'YOU LITTLE BEAST
YOU'VE BEEN EATING ToNTO's
PEPPERMINT CREMES.'
Signed with initial
BX6 1
-' inches
Illustrated: Punch, July 25 1973, page 98;
A God called Horse.'
74
'YOU KNOW THAT ILLEGAL FENCE THEY PUT ACROSS THE
BRIDLEPATH'
Signed with initial and inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink
4x4'/2 inches
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Illustrated: Punch, November 6 1974, page 787;
Oh Didn't he ramble. News that vigilante groups of ramblers
are on the warpath to stop the increasing closure ofpublic rights-
qf-way sent ace war reporter Thelwell sprinting up to thefront.
75
The Champion
Signed
Pen and ink
4x3 inches
Illustrated: Punch, July 25 1973, page 99;
'A God called Horse.'
54
76
'INEVER TIRE OF LOOKING AT THE SEA*
Signed and inscribed with the title in pencil
Pen and ink
9V4X 1 'A inches
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Carrying the Flag
Signed
Pen and ink
la, hx9 3 + inches
Illustrated: Punch, July 21 1976, page 12;1
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'No BALL! HALF A YARD OF DRAG AND THEN YOU
THREW IT.'
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English sprout seller Montmari re
Signed
Pen and ink
7x4' 2 inches
80
This is the moment of truth.'
Signed and inscribed in pencil with title
Pen and ink
6 '/ax 10 inches
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Penelope and Kipper
Signed
Pen and ink
r)\.'j'
. 2 inches
82
You're getting no more chocolate, no more pony nuts,
V; no more cake... You're getting nothing! Do you hear?
Nothing! Till you convince me that you deserve it!
Pen and ink
8x4 3A inches
Illustrated: Sunday Express; 'Penelope',
published by Eyre Methuen Ltd., 1972
/^OURE GETTING NO
/ /WORE CHOCOLATE,
VNOMORG PONY NUTS
\^_ NO MORE CAKE
83
Sometimes wonder how one creature can dominate
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THEN SUDDENLY
ITHITS ME
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'Sometimes I wonder. Penelope, whether horses
REALLY ARE THE FRIENDS OF Man.'
Pen and ink
2 -j\9 inches
l
59
84
'We should never have given her that trumpet for
Christmas' \
60
85
When I was a kid I had to make do with a push-bike.
Signed with initial and and inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
2' 2x6 inches
86
See how the vet operates
Signed with initial
Pen and ink
2 3/4x4' 4 inches
87
The Zealous Huntsman
Signed
Pen and ink with colour wash
5'/4X4 3/4 inches
Illustrated: Lilliput
61
88
Merry Christmas
Pen and ink with colour wash and crayon
6 3/8x8"/8 inches
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89
Use the body brush vigorously he will enjoy it
Signed
Pen and ink
534x7 inches
Version of an illustration in 'Angels on Horseback',
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1957
90
To ENSURE AGAINST PENALTIES FOR A KNOCK-DOWN
Signed
Pen and ink
9 3Ax7 inches
Illustrated: 'Angels on Horseback', page 30-3 1
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You'll need plenty of time to waken your pony Sharing First Prize Games For Fun
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Pencil 7/8X 2 '4 inches
1 Pencil 2x2'/8 inches Pencil 2x2 inches
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Pomes learn any manners taught to them you can take them to water Small things often
Signed with initial But you can't make them drink frighten ponies
Pencil 3/4X2 'A inches
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Pencil 2x2 inches Pencil 2x2 17
8 inches
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The Unbreakable Toy They can forget to be careful
Signed with initial OF where they put their feet
Pencil l
7 8X2'/4 inches Signed with initial
Pencil l
3 4x2 inches
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Insufficient exercise, however, can lead to
excessive fat
Signed with initial
Watercolour, pen and ink
6x6 inches
From a sketch in 'Riding Academy',
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1965
65
100
not as easy as it sounds
Acquiring a pony is
Signed
Pen and ink
x 10'A inches
8'/2
Each Corner,
Version of illustration in 'A Leg at
published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1962
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101
Pony Cavalcade
Signed
Pen and ink with monochrome colour wash
7x9'/2 inches
Sketch for the front cover of 'Pony Cavalcade',
published by Methuen, London 1981
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67
102
The Hay Cart
Signed and dated '79
Watercolour with pen and ink with crayon
8 /8 x 1 1 "A inches
68
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103
The Orchard, Herons Mead
Inscribed with title. Pencil sketches on reverse
Pen and ink with pencil and watercolour
7 l
/8X9 5/8 inches
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69
104
Gnomes
The Garden Roller and the
Signed ,
crayon
\%tercolour with pen and ink and
77/8 x9 3/4 inches
70
105
This Desirable Plot
Inscribed with title and 'A Dream House-Hunter's
Nightmare'
Watercolour with pen and ink
7" s.\ lo 5 s inches
Illustrated: Cover for 'Thelwell's This Desirable Plot';
paperback edition published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1982
71
106
The Bear and Ragged Staff
Signed
Watercolour with pen and ink
ll' Hx9'/a inches
Sketch for Inn Sign designs
produced for Guinness
calendars and prints, 1974
72
107
Three Sheets in the Wind
Signed
Watercolour with pen and ink
8 2X 13 4 inches
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ALL THE SECRETS REVEALED BY
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108
How to Draw Pontes
Signed and further titled
'All the Secrets Revealed b\ Thelwell'
Watercolour, bodycolour with pen and ink
7 3/4x8 5/8 inches
Design for Book cover
73
109
Over The Garden Wall
Signed .
110
The Fly Fisherman
Signed .
74
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112
The Jolly Huntsman
Signed and inscribed with title
in pencilunder mount
Watercolour, bodycolour
and pen and ink
8x12 inches
113
The Hunt Observers
Signed
Watercolour with pen and ink
18' hx 13' 4 inches
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76
114
A Bird In The Hand
Signed and inscribed with
pencil under mount
Watercolour
8x12 inches
Design for The Shooting series of Sporting Prints
77
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115
Punch Cover:
Autumn
Number
Signed
Watercolour,
bodycolour, pen
and ink with
crayon
12x 10 inches
Illustrated:
Front cover of
Punch,
September 14,
1966
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119
The Eel-Trap Bridge
Signed and dated 1978
Watercolour and bodycolour
15x21' 4 inches
Illustrated: 'Wrestling with a Penal.
page 145; published by
Methuen London Ltd., 1986
120
Penruin Watermill.
Cornwall
Signed
Watercolour with pen
and ink and
bodycolour
9x 12' s inches
Illustrated: Book cover
for A Millstone
Round My Neck ',
by Norman Thelwell,
published by
Eyre Methuen 1981
81
121
Norfolk Farmstead
Signed and dated Dec. 1980
Watercolour and bodycolour
9 s k\ 14' -i inches
122
Herons' Mead Pool
Watercolour with bodycolour
5"/8X8'/8 inches
Illustrated: Front cover of Dust Jacket
to 'A Plank Bridge by a Pool',
by Norman Thelwell;
published by Eyre Methuen, 1978
82
123
Harbridge, Hampshire
Signed and inscribed with title
and dated 1988
Watercolour
14^4X2138 inches
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tlORMAN thelwelL Btia
124
Bridge over the lake,
Herons Mead
Signed and dated 1988
Watercolour
145/8X21 3/8 inches
83
125
Brixham Trawlers
Signed and dated 1979
Watercolour
15x21' + inches
Pencil',
Illustrated: 'Wrestling with a
page165, published by
Methuen London Ltd., 1986
84
126
The Angler's Arms
Signed
Watercolour with pen and ink
W /sx9 s/8 inches
l
85
127
The Tide Mill at Beaulieu, Hants
Signed and dated 1985
Watercolour
[4 5/8X21 3/b inches
128
Mudeford, Hampshire
Signed and inscribed with title
86
129
The Pierhead, Liverpool
Signed and dated 1983
Watercolour
14 4\2l 2 inches
;
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130
Foot Bridge on the River Test
Signed and dated 1985
Watercolour
13 5/8X20 3A inches
87
would lie in the grass
Jasmine: 'She
and watch me through amber slits.'
Signed with initials
132
Trout rise
Signed with initials
88
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133
134
The Shrew 'Hedgehogs snuffle and grunt noisily as they
Signed with initials
rummage about for tasty morsels."
Pen and ink
Signed with initials
3 4x2'a
l inches Pen and ink
Illustrated: 'A Plank Bridge bx a Pool', 3
l /*x2 3t inches
page 76,
Illustrated: 'A Plank Bridge bx a Pool', page 37,
published by Evre Methuen Ltd., 1978
published by Eyre Methuen Ltd., 1978
135
The Heron
Signed with initial
Pen and ink
4 /2X3'/4 inches
1
89
137
136
Kingfisher. Buzzard. Heron, Trout
'...WILD DUCK WOULD SIT MOTIONLESS ON A CLUTCH OF
GRF.ENISH-WHITE EGGS IN THE RANK GRASS BENEATH THE Signed with initials
Pen and ink
ALDERS.'
Signed with initials
6x6 inches
Pen and ink
Illustrated: A Millstone Round My Neck', pages 17, 26, 76, 125,
inches
published by Eyre Methuen Ltd., 1981
3 S/4X5' 2
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90
138
Mallard drake flying in
Signed with initials
Pen and ink
4 x4' 2 inches
1
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139
Duck tail
Signed with initial
Pen and ink
2x3 inches
Illustrated: 'A Plank Bridge by a Pool] page 144,
published by Eyre Methuen Ltd., 1978
91
140
The Mill Wheel
Signed with initials
141
'...DOWN THE STREAM ONE JUNE DAY...'
Signed with initials
Pen and ink
3x6'/4 inches
Plank Bridge by a Pool', page 108
Illustrated: 'A
published by Eyre Methuen Ltd
92
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142
The edge of the dam at the Mill pool
Signed with initials
Pen and ink
1' -2X6* -j inches
Illustrated: 'A Millstone Round My Neck', page 122,
published by Eyre Methuen Ltd., 1978
14,'J
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144
Plank Bridge sketch
Signed. Inscribed with sketching details
Pencil
7
1
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'
94
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145
Yew Tree Farm,
Coniston Lake
Signed and inscribed
with title in pencil
Pencil
6s + .\9 3 + inches
Illustrated: 'Wrestling with a
Pencil', page 113,
published by
Methuen London Ltd., 1986
146
The Tide Mill
at Beallieu, Hants
Inscribed with title
and sketching details
Pencil
7x 1
1
4 inches V
Illustrated: 'Wrestling with a
^Sl ' 'tin* I fi^ Ml'
Pencil', page 13 7,
and inside of back cover,
published by ham
Methuen London Ltd., 1986
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147
Sketchbook drawings of donkeys
in the New Forest
Signed
Pencil
5x8 inches
Illustrated: 'Wrestling with a Pencil', page 161,
published by Methuen London Ltd., 1986
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148
Pheasants and Fox
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Pencil
4 /2x7
1 1
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Illustrated: 'Wrestling with a Pencil', page 134,
published by Methuen London Ltd., 1986
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