tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45850115319814498032011-09-14T06:25:31.768-07:00Joe McLarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02769740188382751622noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585011531981449803.post-35596218650107690432009-01-08T07:06:00.000-08:002009-01-08T07:27:50.302-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sYbQAcf4ujk/SWYbSxxPxdI/AAAAAAAAACM/XW7XFaiVfhc/s1600-h/1523013593_7214d1e08a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 122px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sYbQAcf4ujk/SWYbSxxPxdI/AAAAAAAAACM/XW7XFaiVfhc/s200/1523013593_7214d1e08a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288944821804713426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sYbQAcf4ujk/SWYbMjGjI9I/AAAAAAAAACE/XKmLQ0VXh2A/s1600-h/1477825200_94677de752-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sYbQAcf4ujk/SWYbMjGjI9I/AAAAAAAAACE/XKmLQ0VXh2A/s200/1477825200_94677de752-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288944714788316114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sYbQAcf4ujk/SWYbL-mTowI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Tzr7nvz36Nk/s1600-h/1442428921_e28bc3dc95.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 122px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sYbQAcf4ujk/SWYbL-mTowI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Tzr7nvz36Nk/s200/1442428921_e28bc3dc95.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288944704989405954" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>These Shakespeare covers for Penguin by David Gentleman are among the most perfect illustrations I've ever seen. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gentleman">Gentleman</a> studied under Edward Bawden at the RCA and it shows here, in the playful and confident treatment and the chewy texture of the woodcut. As a series they're incredibly consistent, and Tolstoy2007 (Edwin Seppings) has helpfully put a load of them <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14168877@N04/sets/72157602160614018/">here on flickr</a>. Gentleman is also responsible for the <a href="http://www.ltmcollection.org/images/webmax/3j/i000053j.jpg">illustrations at Charing Cross Underground</a>, as well as some on a <a href="http://www.ltmcollection.org/images/webmax/g3/i00005g3.jpg">disused platform</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4585011531981449803-3559621865010769043?l=joemclarenillustration.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joe McLarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02769740188382751622noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585011531981449803.post-6255818572580401492009-01-08T06:29:00.000-08:002009-01-08T06:39:48.345-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/3112703336_285dd64503.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 323px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/3112703336_285dd64503.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I decided to move my blog here from <a href="http://www.joemclaren.com/">my website</a> so that I can do more with it and update it more easily. In the next few days I'll post something more interesting. Probably.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4585011531981449803-625581857258040149?l=joemclarenillustration.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joe McLarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02769740188382751622noreply@blogger.com0