Hannibal with Carthage in Flames (Original) (Signed)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1979
Signature: Signed by Artist
Description: Hannibal was thankfully spared from seeing his city destroyed by his enemy, Rome. The city was totally destroyed, its population killed or enslaved and not one Carthagian brick was left on top of another by the Roman invaders.
Hannibal is often regarded as one of the greatest military tacticians and strategists in history and one of the greatest generals of antiquity. Original artwork for illustration on p 18 of Look and Learn issue no 928 (3 November 1979).
Henry W. Bates (Original) (Signed)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 15" (300mm x 380mm)
Date: 1982
Signature: Signed by Artist
Description: Henry Bates, Explorer of the Amazon. In 1848 Bates travelled to Para (now Belem) Brazil. He then travelled to Cameta on the Tocantins River, then up the Amazon and finally to the Upper Amazon. His health eventually deteriorated and he returned to England.
He spent the next three years writing his account of the trip The Naturalist on the River Amazons, widely regarded as one of the finest reports of natural history travels. Original artwork for illustration on p31 of Look and Learn issue no 1042 (27 February 1982).
The World in their Hands (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1981
Description: A depiction of a barge preparing to unload beneath the Aventine Hill. Its cargo has come up from the coastal port of Ostia to the Emporium, Rome's own riverside harbour. In this port, many varied articles from all over the Empire came to Rome, including food and precious materials. The inset shows the public baths which became fashionable meeting places. Original artwork for illustration on p15 of Look and Learn issue no 1010 (18 July 1981).
The Nightmare That Ended in Paradise (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 15" (300mm x 380mm)
Date: 1980
Description: Ferdinand Magellan. The conditions on the journey across the Pacific were appalling. Without fresh food or drink, the men were reduced to eating rats and the leather off the yardarms. Magellan must have breathed a sigh of relief when they reached the Philippines where he and his men met friendly natives who were prepared to trade with them for food.
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean. Magellan died before completing the entire voyage.
The Flight To A Fortune (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 11" x 15" (280mm x 370mm)
Date: 1982
Description: The depiction is of the NC 3 with a crewman hanging from a strut to help balance the plane. The insert features Lord Northcliffe, the newspaper magnate who started the race to be the first to cross the Atlantic by air by offering a prize of £10,000.
The Ghost of Cock Lane (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 15" (310mm x 390mm)
Date: 1980
Description: Cock Lane is a short alleyway adjacent to London's Smithfield Market and the story centred on three people: William Kent, a usurer from Norfolk, Richard Parsons, a parish clerk, and his daughter Elizabeth. Following the death of his wife Elizabeth Lynes during childbirth, Kent had become romantically involved with her sister, Fanny.
The couple were prevented by canon law from marrying, but moved to London, where they lodged at a property owned by Parsons. While there, reports were made of strange knocking sounds and ghostly apparitions. Fanny became pregnant and the couple moved out, at which point the knocking sounds ceased, but she later died of smallpox. About 18 months later Parsons claimed that his property was haunted by Fanny's ghost.
The hauntings appeared to centre around his eldest daughter, Elizabeth. A commission, whose members included Samuel Johnson, investigated the matter, and it concluded that the supposed haunting was a fraud. Further investigations proved that the scam was being perpetrated by Elizabeth Parsons, under duress from her father. The conspirators were prosecuted, and Richard Parsons was pilloried, and sentenced to two years in prison.
Birth of the Roman Empire (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 405mm)
Date: 1981
Description: Horatius at the Bridge. According to legend, to enter Rome the Etruscan army had to cross a narrow bridge. Three men stood alone on that bridge to defend their city against the invaders. Horatius was in command when Etruscans tried to get across the Pon Sublicius on the right bank of the Tiber River.
When the Etruscans bagan to cross with fleeing Romans Horatius and two general officers: Spurius Larcius and Titus Herminius stood guard to defend Rome. As he stood against the Etruscans, he ordered the bridge be destroyed.
Journey to the Secret City (Original) (Signed)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 11" x 16" (290mm x 400mm)
Date: 1982
Signature: Signed by Artist
Description: Sir Richard Burton disguises himself as a pilgrim traveller to Mecca. His disguise was so good that it enabled him to be totally undetected. He knew that one false move would lead to certain death. Although Burton was not the first non-Muslim European to make the Hajj his pilgrimage is the most famous and best documented of the time.
The Fighting Company (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 402mm)
Date: 1980
Description: The English East India Company. The English like other European countries journeyed to the Orient in search of commercial opportunity. This scene depicts a 1675 trading post and demonstrates a member of the East India Company trading with a local.
Panama Canal 1 (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1979
Description: After the Panama disaster, two men, an American and a Frenchman, came forward to persuade America to carry on building, and make a treaty with Colombia for rights over the canal. The Colombians arrived at Colon and demanded transport to Panama.
They were given a coach and engine but when they arrived in Panama they were arrested. Original artwork for Look and Learn issue no 933 (8 December 1979).
Jacques Cartier's second trip up the St Lawrence River (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 9" x 7" (220mm x 180mm)
Date: 1980
Description: Jacques Cartier's second trip up the St Lawrence. He found, not surprisingly, that the Indians were bitter about the kidnapping of their leader. Cartier managed to pacify them with an evasive speech, then prudently decided to move on.
Jacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France.
Early Aviation (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1982
Description: Typical of the exploits of aviators in the 1920s was the first round-the-world flight by two American seaplanes. One of them, piloted by Liutenant Nelson, flew over the Yangtze River near Shanghai. Below them, the river teemed with tens of thousands of vessels of all kinds. For their flight across the desert, the plane's pontoons were changed for wheels.
At one of their stops, nomads with their camels came to look at the strange machines that had descended from out of the sky. Original artwork for illustration on p7 of Look and Learn issue no 1037 (23 January 1982).
The Prophecy of the Pigs (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1981
Description: The king was not pleased with what the fortune-teller told him. Original artwork for illustration on p15 of Look and Learn issue no 1013 (8 August 1981).
Panama Canal 4 (Original) (Signed)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 405mm)
Date: 1979
Signature: Signed by Artist
Description: The men who worked on the Canal had little chance to remain healthy because they worked and lived in areas of swampland with insufficient food. Most became ill with malaria and yellow fever.
The insert shows John F Stevens who brought some sanity into the Panama project being the chief engineer on the Panama Canal between 1906 and 1908. Stevens' primary achievement in Panama was in building the infrastructure necessary to complete the canal.
He rebuilt the Panama Railway and devised a system for disposing of soil from the excavations by rail. He also built proper housing for canal workers and oversaw extensive sanitation and mosquito-control programs that eliminated Yellow Fever and other diseases. Original artwork for illustration on p15 of Look and Learn issue no 934 (15 December 1979).
The Road to Riches (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 405mm)
Date: 1981
Description: Ancient Rome. The ship bearing the statue of Aesculapius, Greek god of healing, was being rowed up the Tiber when a snake - his emblem - was seen swimming towards Tiberine Island.
The top inset shows the Tiberine Island, whose walls were shaped like Aesculapius' ship. The portrait is of Pyrrus, who tried and failed to conquer Rome. Original artwork for Look and Learn issue no 1008 (4 July 1981).
Geronimo (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 10" (300mm x 250mm)
Date: 1981
Description: Unidentified scene with native American Indians.
Panama Canal 2 (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1979
Description: T Roosevelt ordered the army to take over the construction of the Panama Canal so a soldier called George Washington Goethals (left portrait) took over the building of the canal. Despite numerous landslides he finally finished the task. Thousands of people flocked to see the new wonder of the world, the Culebra Cut. They were carried to safe viewing by special trains but even from a considerable distance the noise was deafening, especially from the distant explosions.
Right portrait is of Colonel David du Bose Gaillard, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Gaillard was placed in charge of the central district of the canal, which stretched from Pedro Miguel Locks to the Gatun Dam, and dedicated himself to the job of getting the Culebra Cut, as it was then known, excavated.
Panama Canal 3 (Original) (Signed)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 410mm)
Date: 1979
Signature: Signed by Artist
Description: Ferdinand de Lesseps took no notice when he was warned about the perils that he faced when building the Panama Canal. His determination proved to be no match for the floods, subsidence, deadly insects and disease. The steampower of the day was not up to the task of cutting through the Culebra Divide, and neither were the 20,00 valiant workers.
The inset shows the horror of yellow fever which killed with terrifying speed. Original artwork for illustration on p7 of Look and Learn issue no 932 (1 December 1979).
Colonel Robert Blake (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 10" x 6" (265mm x 165mm)
Date: 1978
Description: His last battle was fought against the Spanish in the Canary Islands. His little fleet escaped almost unscathed, while the wrecks of the Spanish galleons littered the harbour at Santa Cruz. Sorely wounded in the conflict, Blake was to die before reaching home.
Robert Blake was one of the most important military commanders of the Commonwealth of England, and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th century. Original artwork for illustration on p10 of Look and Learn issue no 858 (24 June 1978).
Pierre Radisson Returns (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 11" x 7" (270mm x 170mm)
Date: 1978
Description: Pierre Radisson received rapturous applause from the settlers when he returned from his great expedition to Canada's northern shores, loaded with furs. Soon, however, he became dissatisfied with the treatment he received, and offered his services to the rival English.
Becoming an English citizen in 1687, Radisson returned to England where he finished writing the accounts of his voyages. He retired on a small pension and dividends from the HBC and died in 1710 in poverty. Original artwork for illustration on p10 of Look and Learn issue no 867 (26 August 1978).
Amelia Earhart (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 9" x 14" (240mm x 350mm)
Date: 1980
Description: Showing her crashed in the Pacific. She disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.
Death in the Arctic (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 7" x 4" (180mm x 90mm)
Date: 1978
Description: The White Sea, 1554, Sir Hugh Willoughby and Richard Chancellor became separated after a storm. Willoughby sailed on with two ships and discovered Nova Zemlya, but later perished along with all his men on the Lapland coast due to the cold. From Look and Learn, no. 852, 13th May 1978.
Richard Chancellor, Explorer (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 7" x 7" (180mm x 170mm)
Date: 1978
Description: Richard Chancellor (died 1556) was the first Englishman to penetrate the White Sea and establish relations with Russia. After leaving Russia in 1556, taking with him the first ever Russian Ambassdor to England, his ship was wrecked off the Scottish coast.
This colourful illustration, from Look and Learn, no. 852, 13th May 1978, shows the moment when Chancellor and the Russian Ambassador, Osep Nepeja, were pitched into the sea.
The Foundation of Rome: The Death of Remus (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 13" x 17" (320mm x 430mm)
Date: 1981
Description: Remus, in derision of his brother Romulus, leapt over the new wall. Romulus, enraged at this, slew him and swore "So perish every one that shall hereafter leap over my wall".
This stunning illustration, an original piece of artwork for Look and Learn no. 1006, 20th January 1981, captures the moment when Romulus, enraged at his brothers action, hurls a spear in fury.
The Treasure of Lake Toplitz (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 18" x 14" (450mm x 360mm)
Description: At the end of the Second World War a group of SS Soldiers arrived in the small village next to Lake Toplitz in Austria. They commandeered horses to transport a large number of boxes to the lake, and then proceeded to dump those boxes in the lake.
It has long been speculated that part of the large amount of gold stolen from the Reichsbank during the Fall of Berlin was in this consignment.
What is know is that in 1959 an expedition financed by a German magazine recovered a printing press and £72 million in forged 1940s pound sterling currency.
In 1983 during a biological survey, yet more forged pounds were discovered, along with numerous Nazi-era rockets and missiles that had been tested there. Original artwork from Look and Learn.
The Balloon Brothers (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 15" x 19" (370mm x 490mm)
Date: 1979
Description: Quirky illustration of the famous Montgolfier Brothers, Joseph-Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques-Étienne (1745-1799), pioneering balloon inventors. To the top are portraits of the Montgolfier Brothers, flanked by an illustration of the incident where Joseph-Michel, whilst gazing into a fire, had come to the conclusion that the smoke from the fire contained a gas that caused embers to rise (he called this gas, modestly, Montgolfier Gas).
He began to speculate whether or not this gas could levitate other things. Below this is an illustration of the reaction to their first experiment with flight, in December 1782. Their unmanned balloon flew for just over a mile and was destroyed by terrified locals upon its landing.
The next illustration shows the Montgolfiers demonstrating their balloon to a crowd of dignitaries from the Etats particulars, at Annonay, on 4th June 1783. Finally, the remaining illustration shows an airship. From Look and Learn no. 916, 11th August 1979.
Hannibal and Scipio Africanus (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 11" x 7" (280mm x 180mm)
Date: 1979
Description: Wonderful watercolour original artwork from Look and Learn no. 927, 27th October 1979. Years after the Battle of Zama ended the Punic Wars, Hannibal Barca (248-183/182 BC) and Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC) meet in peaceful discussion.
Burke and Hare (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 14" x 20" (350mm x 500mm)
Date: 1985
Description: Original artwork from the Look and Learn Book 1985, showing the story of Burke and Hare, murderers and bodysnatchers operating in Edinburgh. Dr. Knox had offered £10 for any body given for dissection at the medical school in Edinburgh. Unlike other bodysnatchers, Burke and Hare found victims, plied them with drink, and then murdered them and sold the corpse to Dr. Knox.
After at least 16 murders they were caught when one of their lodging house mates came across a corpse. Hare turned Kings Evidence and his evidence led to Burke being hanged on 28th January 1829. Hare was released in February 1829 and was last seen in Carlisle, although persistent legend claims that he ended his days as a blind beggar on the streets of London.
The Story of Rolls Royce (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 14" x 18" (350mm x 450mm)
Date: 1985
Description: Original art used to tell the story of Rolls Royce in Look and Learn Book 1985. The Charles Rolls and Henry Royce partnership created superb engines for cars and aircraft.
Henry Hudson (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 11" x 9" (280mm x 230mm)
Date: 1978
Description: During his explorations, Henry Hudson often took the opportunity to trade with local people. He found the Indians always ready to barter, as they were when he sailed into the Hudson River. Original artwork for illustration on p10 of Look and Learn issue no 855 (3 June 1978).
Ancient Costumes (Original)
Medium: Crayon on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1980
Description: Ancient Costumes, including Saxon, Roman, Japanese and Indian. Original artwork for Look and Learn.
Ancient Battle (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 6" x 9" (150mm x 220mm)
Date: 1976
Description: Two original panels of art used in Look and Learn magazine to illustrate an ancient battle scene, probably Goths and Huns.
Sea Battle (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 7" x 5" (190mm x 130mm)
Date: 1976
Description: Original artwork used in the magazine Look and Learn. A lovely vignette of galleons in a sea battle.
The Heroes of Buffalo Wallow 1 (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1978
Description: Desperately Billy Dixon heaved his wounded companion across his back and began the dangerous journey back to the safety of the buffalo wallow (an indentation in the ground created by buffalos). The inset shows Dixon wave with relief as he realises that the horsemen approaching him were Cavalry and not Indians. Original artwork for illustration on p31 of Look and Learn issue no 884 (23 December 1978).
Modoc Indians (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1979
Description: 'Take away your soldiers and give us back our land' cried the Indian chief. When General Canby (left portrait) refused, the Indians, led by Chief Kintpuash (right portrait), drew hidden guns and sprang into action. Original artwork for illustration on p10 of Look and Learn issue no 919 (1 September 1979).
William Dampier - pirate (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 7" x 9" (180mm x 220mm)
Date: 1978
Description: Into the Unknown: The Unlucky Pirate Who Became a Best-Seller. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 860 (8 July 1978).
American Civil War (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1980
Description: Almost 150,000 men of Irish descent were recruited into the Union army during the American civil war, many of them into the special Irish Brigade. Both sides played on Irish nationalism - posters appeared reminding expatriate Irishmen of victories over the English; but the outcome of the war did nothing for Irish freedom. Inset shows one of Ireland's famous fighting sons, Henry Knox, who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of the American army in 1783. Original artwork for illustration on p10 of Look and Learn issue no 952 (19 April 1980).
The Head of Hasdrubal (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 7" x 8" (170mm x 200mm)
Date: 1979
Description: Hannibal is presented with the decapitated head of his brother the general Hasdrubal and proclaims "I see there the fate of Carthage". Clash of Giants: Always Winning But Never the Victor. Hannibal was losing ground in Spain when his brother Hasdrubal led reinforcements through the Alps.
Hasdrubal was defeated and slain before he could link up with his brother's army and Hannibal's first sight of his dead brother was when his severed head was thrown by the Romans into Hannibal's camp. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 926 (20 October 1979).
Scipio Scales the Walls of Carthago Nova (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 7" x 10" (175mm x 250mm)
Date: 1979
Description: Clash of Giants: Hannibal Meets His Match. General Scipio finds a way into the seemingly impregnable stronghold of Carthage Nova in Spain. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 927 (27 October 1979).
Young Hannibal 1 (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 10" x 7" (260mm x 180mm)
Date: 1979
Description: A wonderfully detailed painting by Severino Baraldi depicting the youthful Hannibal having his fortune told. Originally published in Look And Learn Magazine 29/09/1979.
Gilbert and Sullivan (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 17" x 12" (440mm x 305mm)
Date: 1985
Description: Famous Partners: The Musical Maestros. Original artwork from Look and Learn Book 1986. Includes scenes from performances of both The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance.
Arizona Shootout: Perry Owens (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1978
Description: The gunfight lasted for no more than 60 seconds, but when it was over three men were dead and one lay wounded. Inset shows Commodore Perry Owens, the hard-shooting sheriff of Nevaho County. 'He's only a child, sheriff. Don't shoot him,' Mrs Blevins pleaded. Suddenly, the boy sprang from his mother and pointed his gun straight at Owens. Original artwork for illustration on p31 of Look and Learn issue no 880 (25 November 1978).
Alcock and Brown Transatlantic flight (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 11" x 15" (270mm x 370mm)
Date: 1981
Description: The First Transatlantic Flight by Alcock and Brown in June 1919. Original artwork for Look and Learn 9th January 1981.
Bartolomeo Colleoni (Original)
Will Adams The Man Who Unlocked Japan (Original)
Francisco Pizarro (Original) (Signed)
The Encounter in the Wild West (Original)
Ferdinand de Magellan in 1520 (Original)
Chief Joseph (Original)
The Indian Raid: Perry Owens (Original)
Buffalo Hunters (Original)
Bounty Mutineers On Pitcairn (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 10" x 6" (260mm x 160mm)
Date: 1978
Description: Some of the mutineers from The Bounty eventually moved on from Tahiti to the Pitcairn Islands where their descendants live to this day. A small painted portrait of Captain Bligh, from the artists reference notes, is included with this piece.
