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1930s Art Books

Edward Bawden Illustrations For Ambrose Heath Book Covers

Bawden's charming and seductive cookbook jacket designs

Edward Bawden (1903-89) was the English artist noted for his murals at London Underground stations, designs for Fortnum & Mason and Twinings, gorgeous linocuts of Aesop’s Fables characters, work as an official war artist (1940 -1945), watercolours, adverts for Shell oil, the BBC Year Book, and idiosyncratic illustrations and book cover designs, notably for journalist and food writer Ambrose Heath’s (nee Francis Gerald Miller; 1891-1969) Good Food series (1930s), which we can see here.

 

Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN

Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN
 Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN
 Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN
 Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN Ambrose Heath’s Good Food EDWARD BAWDEN

 

From: Are You Sitting Comfortably? The Book Jackets of Edward Bawden

 

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