Images Dated 28th January 2008

Eve Before The Fall. By A. E. Bestall

A scene beside a waterfall of four girls in their bathing costumes. The girls are watching the waterfall, prehaps resting after swimming. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986) is best-known as the artist who drew Rupert Bear for thirty years. Previous to this, Bestall produced more than forty colour illustrations for The Tatler as well as countless humorous line drawings and cartoon sketches

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Paraty and Brazilian Imperial

Paraty (or Parati) is a preserved Portuguese colonial (and Brazilian Imperial It is located on the Costa Verde (Green Coast), a lush, green corridor that runs along the coastline of the state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. Paraty has become a popular tourist area in recent years, renowned for the historic town and the coast and mountains in the region

© by Bert Kohlgraf

Ladies First

Illustration by Susan Beatrice Pearse showing an outdoor garden scene of a young boy offering a chocolate to a little girl. Susan Pearse was a regular contributor to the Sphere and other ILN titles. Her illustrations in childrens books and on posters (including the Start-rite shoes children still in use today) recall the style of Mabel Lucie Attwell and Honor Bishop

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