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She Put The Statue Back In Her Garden, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Put The Statue Back In Her Garden, c1930. An illustration from The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

I Will Have Thee Myself To Wife, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
I Will Have Thee Myself To Wife, c1930. An illustration from Elfin-Mount by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Little Mermaid, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Little Mermaid, c1930. An illustration from The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. [Hodder and Stoughton Limited for Boots Pure Drug Co

They Felt Quite As If They Were At Home, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
They Felt Quite As If They Were At Home, c1930. An illustration from Elfin-Mount by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Mer-King Must Be Invited First, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Mer-King Must Be Invited First, c1930. An illustration from Elfin-Mount by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Round and Round They Went, Such Whirling and Twirling, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Round and Round They Went, Such Whirling and Twirling, c1930. An illustration from Elfin-Mount by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Elfin-Kings Housekeeper, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Elfin-Kings Housekeeper, c1930. An illustration from Elfin-Mount by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

She Entered the Large, Cold, Empty Hall, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Entered the Large, Cold, Empty Hall, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

She Ran On As Fast As She Could, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Ran On As Fast As She Could, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

And Flapped His Black Wings at the Carriage Till It Was Out of Sight, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
And Flapped His Black Wings at the Carriage Till It Was Out of Sight, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

And the Nearer They Were To The Door The Prouder They Looked, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
And the Nearer They Were To The Door The Prouder They Looked, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

He Did Not Come to Woo Her, He Said, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
He Did Not Come to Woo Her, He Said, He Had Only Come To Hear The Wisdom of The Princess, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

Cabinet Councillors Were Walking About Barefooted, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Cabinet Councillors Were Walking About Barefooted, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Suddenly a Large Raven Hopped Upon the Snow in front of her, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Suddenly a Large Raven Hopped Upon the Snow in front of her, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Gerda Knew Every Flower in the Garden, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Gerda Knew Every Flower in the Garden, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Swing Moves and the Bubbles Fly Upward, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Swing Moves and the Bubbles Fly Upward with Bright, Ever-Changing Colours, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

She Wore a Large Hat, With Most Beautiful Flowers On It, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Wore a Large Hat, With Most Beautiful Flowers On It, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

He Chuckled With Delight, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
He Chuckled With Delight, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Yes I Will Go With Thee! Said Tommelise, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Yes I Will Go With Thee! Said Tommelise, and She Seated Herself on the Birds Back, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

They Carried the Mirror From Place To Place, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
They Carried the Mirror From Place To Place, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Oh, Terrified Was Poor Tommelise!, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Oh, Terrified Was Poor Tommelise!, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

That Was The Greatest of Pleasures, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
That Was The Greatest of Pleasures, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

She Stood at the Door and Begged for a Piece of Barley-Corn, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Stood at the Door and Begged for a Piece of Barley-Corn, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

This Is Just The Wife For My Son, Said the Toad, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
This Is Just The Wife For My Son, Said the Toad, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Thou Poor Little Thing! Said the Field-Mouse, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Thou Poor Little Thing! Said the Field-Mouse, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Swallow Soared High Into The Air, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Swallow Soared High Into The Air, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Then She Saw The Storks, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Then She Saw The Storks, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

There Was a Little Bird That Beat Its Wings, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
There Was a Little Bird That Beat Its Wings, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Placed The Golden Circuit Around His Neck, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Placed The Golden Circuit Around His Neck, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

It Was He Who Pulled Her Down, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
It Was He Who Pulled Her Down, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

She Understood the Speech of Birds, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Understood the Speech of Birds, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Bud Opened Into A Full-Blown Flower, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Bud Opened Into A Full-Blown Flower, in the Middle of Which Lay a Beautiful Child, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen

Mary Perdita Robinson, English actress, c1781 (1894). Artist: John Raphael Smith
Mary Perdita Robinson (1757-1800), English actress, c1781 (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Captain Cook Landing in Australia, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Captain Cook Landing in Australia, 1912. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform landing at Botany Bay on Sunday 29 April 1770. Cook made three voyages of discovery

Lois and Her Nurse. From A Book of Quaker Saints. (L. V. Hodgkin. ), 1923. Artist: Frederick Cayley Robinson
Lois and Her Nurse. From A Book of Quaker Saints. (L. V. Hodgkin.), 1923. IA Book of Quaker Saints, was written for the instruction of Quaker children

Mr. Churchills V. E. Day Broadcast, 1945 (1955)
Mr. Churchills V.E. Day Broadcast, 1945 (1955). Mr. Churchill broadcast end of hostilities of WWII, one minute after midnight, although ceasefire had been sounded along the front

Going to Market, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Going to Market, 1912. Going to market in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

The Flying Fish, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Flying Fish, 1912. A flying fish of the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Drying the Cocoa, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Drying the Cocoa, 1912. Cocoa production in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

At Work Among The Sugar-Canes, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
At Work Among The Sugar-Canes, 1912. Harvesting sugar cane in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Gathering Pineapples, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Gathering Pineapples, 1912. Harvesting pineapples in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Port Antonio, Jamaica, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Port Antonio, Jamaica, 1912. Port Antonio is the capital of the parish of Portland on the northeastern coast of Jamaica. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris

A Garden in the Sea, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Garden in the Sea, 1912. Children playing in the Bahamas. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

A Christmas Dinner in New Zealand, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Christmas Dinner in New Zealand, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Most of these animals are hunted, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Most of these animals are hunted, 1912. Hunting in New Zealand. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

The Maoris Home, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Maoris Home, 1912. A wharenui is a communal house of the Maori people of New Zealand. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

A Kauri Tree, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Kauri Tree, 1912. Agathis australis, commonly known by its Maori name kauri, is a coniferous tree of Araucariaceae in the genus Agathis

A Geyser, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Geyser, 1912. A geyser in New Zealnd. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

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"Robinson: A Master of Ingenious Contraptions and Sporting Feats" Step into the whimsical world of Robinson, where dining rooms operate without servants and everyday tasks are transformed into extraordinary adventures. In William Heath Robinson's imaginative illustrations, he brings to life a series of contraptions that redefine the concept of automation. In "Heath Robinson Automated Dining Room without Servants 1 of 4, " we witness a scene straight out of a fantastical dream. With intricate mechanisms and cleverly designed gadgets, this dining room functions flawlessly without any human assistance, and is a testament to Robinson's ability to blend creativity with practicality. But not all inventions go according to plan, as depicted in "A Complete Wash-out. " Here, Robinson humorously portrays an overly complicated washing machine that ends up causing chaos rather than cleanliness. His knack for finding humor in everyday mishaps shines through in this delightful illustration. Moving on from domestic settings, we delve into the realm of transportation with "The Kinecar. " This ingenious vehicle by William Heath Robinson showcases his talent for merging imagination and engineering prowess. The Kinecar takes us on an exhilarating ride through unconventional means while challenging traditional notions of travel. In "An Ideal Home No. I, " part of The Sketch Ideal Home series, Robinson presents us with a vision beyond our wildest dreams – sports without broad acres. He reimagines popular outdoor activities within the confines of urban spaces using his trademark ingenuity. Through these drawings, he invites us to question societal norms and embrace new possibilities. Not limited to just home innovations or sporting escapades, it also explores strategies for deceiving invaders in "Deceiving the Invader as to the State of Tide. " With cunning devices hidden beneath serene coastal scenes, he demonstrates how wit can triumph over force when it comes to protecting one's homeland. Venturing further into his artistic repertoire reveals works like "Ultra-Marine, " where Robinson's vivid imagination takes us underwater.