|
Illustrations by George Adamson published in the Countryman from 1962 to 1974 |
| Caption/description | Issue | Date | Size | Nature |
|---|
| Mothballs by Meston Batchelor: 1) Mothballs with squirming grass-snake and author as schoolboy with bicycle; 2) View of Mothballs’ study with microscope under green baize cloth; 3) Mothballs at school museum at time of visit of minor royalty |
Vol. 59, no 3, pp. 470, 473, 475 |
Autumn 1962 |
3 half pages |
line, first signed, other signed a |
| A Feud on the Farm by F.F. Nicholls: 1) ‘There was nothing whatever traditional about Bert’s appearance’ (cowman with fork, cow in background); 2) Bert out ferreting; 3) ‘Arthur spoke to me: ‘ Fred, ast ’im ’ow much straw ’e want’ ’ (portrait of the waggoner with horse and cart in background |
Vol 60, no. 1, pp. 101, 102, 104 |
Spring 1963 |
1/2 page, small, 1/2 page |
line, first signed, others signed a |
| IS THIS YOU? ‘... I invited George Adamson to send us his impression of the typical ‘Countryman’ reader ...’ (imaginary portrait of a pipe-smoking moustachioed gentleman with dogs by kitchen range) |
Vol. 60, no 2, p. 288 |
Summer 1963 |
full page |
pen & wash, signed |
| A Cornish Bay by Diana Hopkinson: 1) St Meryn feast (a midsummer celebration); 2) children playing shop among rocks on sea shore with sign reading ‘Bargain Basement’; 3) Squire Old, bearded and behatted, with knobkerry stick; 4) decorative tailpiece of sheep’s skull on shore |
Vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 122, 124, 126, 127 |
Autumn 1966 |
1/2 page x 2, 1/4 page and tailpiece |
line, all signed a |
| Lightly They Frolic by Cromwell Fleetwood: 1) ‘He stuck to his guns.’ (man between two cars); ‘A disconsolate little group watched me make contact with the law.’ (in clearing with larch log felled by tree rustlers for maypole) |
Vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 18 & 21 |
Spring 1967 |
1/3 page and 1/2 page?? |
line, unsigned and signed? |
| A Farmer’s Boy by Frank Wensby: 1) ‘Clearing letter-boxes in the dark in such weather was no joke’ (mail cart with horse); 2) ‘In sole charge of the ploughing’ (two horses pulling plough) |
Vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 351 & 354 |
Summer 1967 |
1/3 page and 1/2 page |
line, signed, first with a only |
| Devon Red by Harold Sumption: 1) Arthur Sheldon in pulpit; 2) Reverend Lambert Baxter, vicar, with teacup, spectacles and wispy hair; 3) Edwina from Kensington with her flowery hat and bicycle |
Vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 234, 235 , 237 |
Summer 1969 |
two smalls and 1/2 page |
line, last signed and first two signed a only |
| Some Fine Old Business by Charles Rowness: 1) Brown gelding and grey colt (horses under tree); 2) ‘My lad will catch him’ (colt bucking and the boy Teni) |
Vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 43 & 45 |
Spring 1970 |
two 1/2 pages |
line, first only signed |
| Over the Counter by Ted Mills: ‘a grubby pencilled note’ (urchin boy in chemist's shop before the Great War) |
Vol. 76, no. 1, p. 177 |
Spring 1971 |
2/3 page |
pen & wash, signed |
| To Market, to Market by E. G. Nichol: 1) Cheshire cheeses at stall in Market Hall, Chester, with cheese factor; 2) 1922 Buick with canvas hood |
Vol. 76, no. 3, p. 77 & 80 |
Autumn 1971 |
1/2 and 1/3 page |
first line, signed, second line and tone signed a |
| Village hall play (actors on stage with hobbyhorse and rider romping through auditorium) |
Vol. 79, no. 4 |
Winter 1974/5 |
cover |
pen & wash signed |
