William Heath Robinson

by James Hamilton

A sweeping pictorial monograph on the celebrated British illustrator, who was famous for his drawings of fantastic contraptions used for performing the simplest functions. Featuring a new cover and 145 examples of the artist’s work.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art, Humor

151 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

James Hamilton is a curator, writer and lecturer, who entered the University of Manchester to read Mechanical Engineering, and emerged with a degree in History of Art.

Reviews

[Isidore · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short but solid biography with lots of well-reproduced illustrations, plus supplementary material on WHR's influences, a chronology, a list of publications, etc. Docked one star for NOT including another fifty or so pages of cartoons!