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Shipwreck! Aflame in the Firth (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 12" x 13" (295mm x 335mm)
Date: 1970
Description: HMS Natal was a Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers Maxim of Barrow and launched on 30 September 1905. She was sunk by an internal explosion near Cromarty on 30 December 1915. Shortly after 15:20, and without warning, a series of violent explosions tore through the ship. She capsized five minutes later.
The most probable explanation was that a fire had broken out, possibly due to faulty cordite that ignited a magazine. The exact number of casualties is still debated, and ranges from 390, up to 421. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 464 (5 December 1970).
Hannibal (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 18" x 14" (450mm x 360mm)
Date: 1973
Description: Unidentified battle involving elephants. May depict Hannibal engaging Roman soldiers. Original artwork (dated 21/4/73).
Unidentified man looking at watch in road in Middle East (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 6" x 19" (145mm x 490mm)
Date: 1976
Description: An unidentified bespectacled man looking at watch in a street somewhere in the Middle East. Original artwork (dated 7/1/76).
The Story of Africa (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 15" x 14" (390mm x 345mm)
Date: 1968
Description: The Story of Africa: The Land and Its People. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 325 (6 April 1968). Foreground shows tribesmen and the background shows wildlife movements towards South Africa.
The Story of Africa: The Heart of a Continent (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 10" x 19" (255mm x 490mm)
Date: 1968
Description: Stanley's party had to face hostile cannibal tribes in speedy war canoes. Insert, Stanley. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 340 (20 July 1968).
The Story of Africa: The Bantu (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 21" x 12" (525mm x 300mm)
Date: 1968
Description: A war-dance being performed in the ritual compound at Zimbabwe, round the sacred drums of the tribe. The strange looking axe and spear heads were found in similar compounds not far away. The long cloak with animal tails marks out its wearer as a member of the nobility. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 330 (11 May 1968).
The Story of Africa: Theodore of Ethiopia (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 17" x 6" (420mm x 140mm)
Date: 1968
Description: General Napier achieved his greatest fame as an army officer when he led the expedition of 1868 against Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian ruler was holding a number of Protestant missionaries hostage in his mountain capital of Magdala, as well as two British diplomats who had unsuccessfully attempted to free them.
After months of planning and other preparations, the advance guard of engineers landed at Zula on the Red Sea to construct a port on 30 October 1867; Napier himself arrived in Zula on 2 January 1868, and on 25 January led his troops south in the Ethiopian highlands.
They Lived Their Books: Harriet Beecher Stowe (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 16" x 11" (400mm x 270mm)
Date: 1969
Description: When Harriet was young, slavery was legal in Connecticut and the negroes were forced to work under harsh conditions. Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author.
Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) depicted life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States.
Shipwreck! The Foundering of the Royal George (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 15" x 12" (385mm x 305mm)
Date: 1970
Description: The strange tragedy that befell the flagship of the British fleet in 1782. Royal George was being heeled over at an angle to allow for minor repairs to be made to the water intake for the deck wash pump which was three feet below water level, and the larboard guns had been run out and the starboard guns moved in to the centre of the deck to heel over the ship until her lowest gun ports were close to the surface of the water.
A supply vessel, the Lark approached the Royal George on her low side to transfer a cargo of rum and the additional weight together with that of the crewmen unloading the cargo caused the ship to heel to such a degree that the sea washed in at her gun ports and she soon began to ship water in her hold. A sudden breeze on the raised side of the ship forced her further over and the water rushed in. It is believed that during these operations the lower deck gunports were not properly secured, causing an inrush of water.
The ship rolled on to her side and sank before any distress signal could be given, taking with her around 900 people, including up to 300 women and 60 children who were visiting the ship in harbour. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 465.
The Making of America: Apache Country! (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 17" x 11" (420mm x 280mm)
Date: 1970
Description: A US Cavalry officer and trooper. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 421 (7 February 1970).
Shakespeare being presented to Queen Elizabeth I (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 13" x 6" (330mm x 165mm)
Date: 1973
Description: A young William Shakspeare is introduced to a rather stern looking Queen Elizaabeth I in this great character piece by Angus McBride. This vibrant original illustration was published in the 24th March 1973 issue of Now I Know magazine, a companion title to Look And Learn.
Danger Down Below (Original) (Signed)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 15" x 19" (385mm x 490mm)
Date: 1969
Signature: Signed by Artist
Description: Danger Is Their Business: Deep Down. Once his heavy equipment has been fitted, the diver can descend rapidly; but danger lurks when the air-hose breaks! Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 395 (9 August 1969).
Samurai Charge (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 13" x 6" (340mm x 165mm)
Date: 1970
Description: A group of Samurai lead by a mounted officer charge tribesmen. A lovely piece painted by Angus McBride and originally published in Now I Know 21st April 1973.
After unifying Japan by force, in 1592 Hideyoshi Toyotomi (1536-98) attempted to establish an empire in East Asia. The conquest of China was his ultimate objective, but Korea had to be subdued first. Instead, it proved an insuperable obstacle to Hideyoshi's imperial fantasy.
The Storm that Shook the World (Original) (Signed)
Look and Learn Things to Do and See (Original) (Signed)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 13" x 18" (340mm x 450mm)
Date: 1978
Signature: Signed by Artist
Description: Original artwork from the Look and Learn Things to Do and See book. Beautiful illustrations.
Shipwreck! The Foundering of the Royal George (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 9" x 21" (240mm x 530mm)
Date: 1970
Description: A young sailor named Ingram was one of the few survivors of the sinking of the Royal George, the pride of the British Fleet, in 1782. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 465, 12th December 1970.
The Great Trek (Original) (Signed)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 27" x 11" (690mm x 275mm)
Date: 1971
Signature: Signed by Artist
Description: A dangerous moment in the history of the Boers' historic Long Trek as they strove to settle the vastness of South African, beautifully rendered by Angus McBride.
An Early Tank (Original)
Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board
Size: 16" x 15" (400mm x 380mm)
Date: 1970
Description: Unidentified armoured weapon of war -- an early form of tank. Original artwork from Look and Learn (dated 5/12/81)
The Story of Africa (Original)
Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board
Size: 10" x 4" (250mm x 110mm)
Date: 1968
Description: An original painting used in the magazine Look and Learn dated 18th May 1968 to illustrate a series on the Story of Africa.
Ancient Egypt (Original)
Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board
Size: 10" x 5" (260mm x 120mm)
Date: 1968
Description: The Story of Africa: Ancient Egypt and the Negroes. In his struggle against the Hyksos, Pharaoh Kamose instructed specially-trained Negro warriors in battle tactics. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 326 (13 April 1968).
Daniel Boone (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 16" x 14" (400mm x 360mm)
Date: 1968
Description: Daniel Boone and the State of Kentucky. 'United we stand, divided we fall'. Original art used in the magazine Look and Learn.
The Glory that was Rome (Original)
Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board
Size: 20" x 15" (500mm x 370mm)
Date: 1973
Description: Within a year Constantius Chlorus died in Britain. His soldiers at York rushed out on to their parade ground and, as one man, saluted his son with a great shout: 'Ave Imperator!'. Original artwork for the illustration on p 4 of Look and Learn issue no. 627 (19 January 1973).
The Story of South America (Original) (Signed)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 16" x 20" (400mm x 500mm)
Date: 1970
Signature: Signed by Artist
Description: The Story of South America. Original artwork for cover of Look and Learn issue no 433 (2 May 1970).
The Story of the Victoria Cross (Original) (Signed)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 26" x 17" (660mm x 420mm)
Date: 1979
Signature: Signed by Artist
Description: A series of original paintings on one board illustrating the story of the highest award for gallantry, The Victoria Cross.
Nelson at Trafalgar (Original) (Signed)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 26" x 17" (660mm x 420mm)
Date: 1979
Signature: Signed by Artist
Description: Three original watercolour painting on one board illustrating the events of Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Alexandra David-Neel (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 12" (305mm x 305mm)
Description: An original painting used on the cover of Look and Learn 12th April 1975 depicting Impossible Journeys … Alexandra David-Neel (1868 - 1969) Oriental scholar and traveller in Tibet, born in Paris, France. She studied Sanskrit in Sri Lanka and India, then toured internationally as an opera singer. She continued to travel in Europe until 1911, when she returned to India, visiting the Dalai Lama in exile at Darjeeling and studying Tibetan Buddhism.
Expelled from India in 1916, she went to Burma, Japan, and Korea, arriving in Beijing in 1917. She returned to Tibet in 1934, but was forced to leave by the Japanese advance of 1944, and retired to Digne in France.
The Tea Trade (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 27" x 9" (686mm x 229mm)
Description: An original painting used in the magazine World of Wonder to illustrate the story of the Tea Trade. Beautifully painted by McBride.
The Flight of Rudolf Hess (Original) (Signed)
In the Valley of the Nile (Original)
The Pirates are Repelled (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 11" x 12" (279mm x 305mm)
Description: An original painting depicting a scene for the story of Midshipman Mann repelling pirates in 1827 off the Ionian islands. Used in Look and Learn 3rd March 1973.
Brutus and Cassius (Original)
Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board
Size: 20" x 15" (508mm x 381mm)
Description: After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and Octavian combined forces to defeat Brutus and Cassius. At the battle of Philippi the traitors were defeated and both Brutus and Cassius, shamed by their failure, committed suicide. An expertly drawn illustration for Look and Learn December 15th 1973.
Neuschwanstein Castle (Original) (Signed)
Buffalo (Original) Click to see the Second panel.
Ben Johnson (1572-1637) (Original)
The Great Khan (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 13" x 7" (330mm x 178mm)
Description: An ORIGINAL painting used in the magazine Now I Know, February 1973, depicting Genghiz Khan passing through a village in his journey of conquest. McBride's superb painting, simple in style yet atmospheric.
The Making of America - Pontiac (Original)
Antony and Cleopatra (Original)
