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    • “The words “National Treasure” are now applied to any vaguely talented man or woman who reaches pensionable age. We need something better than that to praise Heath Robinson: “Immortal Contraptioneer”, or “Mighty Commander of the Preposterous” or “Grand High Celestial Mechanic of Absurdity”.”
      Philip Pullman

    Heath Robinson Christmas Cards (Pack of 6)

    £6.95

    If you can’t get away at Christmas, don’t worry, Heath Robinson has a solution. Everything you could wish for is included in this Bruegel equivalent from Let’s Laugh (1939).

    12 in stock

    Free delivery on orders over £20
    Dispatched next day with Royal Mail 2nd Class
    Details
    • RRP: £6.95 (incl.VAT)
    • Format: 105 mm x 148 mm (A6) landscape, folded
    • Paper: FSC 300 gsm ivory laid cartridge
    • Envelope: White
    • Weight: 9 g
    • ISBN: 978 1 8733 2956 6
    • Publication: November 2017
    • Delivery
    • UK: £1.50
    • International: £3.99
    Description

    Not many people take their dog skiing for Christmas, but equally not many people ski on melted butter in their local park. The full scene in Winter Joys in the Parks, taken from Let’s Laugh by W. Heath Robinson and K. R. G. Browne (1939), offers all sorts of other treats including tobogganing from the treetops and ice skating on a bedroom mirror, kindly overseen by Constable Dixon of Dock Green. Why waste time travelling to Switzerland for Christmas when you can have it all on your doorstep?

    This packet of eight cards is printed in small quantities and is available exclusively from our website until 31st December. It has rarity value as you won’t find it in the shops. It’s also half price for Christmas.

    Contents

    Front Page Text: Winter Joys in the Park

    Message Inside: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

    Authors

    William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) is one of the few artists whose names have become part of the English language. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the expression is used to describe ‘any absurdly ingenious and impractical device’. Heath Robinson started out as a landscape artist and book illustrator before finding world-wide fame with his mechanical fantasies. He invented machines for making coffee, lighting cigars, extinguishing candles, peeling potatoes, testing raincoats, saving chickens from injury when crossing the road and conducting just about every other conceivable, and sometimes inconceivable, activity. He satirized the new ways of living that came with technological change, small flats and shortages, creating a whimsical social commentary on his times: history encapsulated in pictures.