George Worsley Adamson
 
Illustrator and humorist

Illustrations by George Adamson published in Harpers & Queen
Caption/description	Issue	Date	Size	Nature
1) To be an English man is a matter of infinite subtlety by Magnus Carter; 2) Being an English woman is a full time occupation by B. Feater (man striding forth with Union Jack waistcoat and bowler, castle in background, woman sitting like Britannia but wearing sunglasses and with two children squealing behind, and arrows in the air	pp. 84 & 85	July 1971	two drawings just under 1/2 page each	line and tone, first signed
Travel by Rene Cler: Forget that plane to New York. Spend five glorious days crossing the Atlantic in a luxury hotel, urges Rene Cler (The SS France as a whale with tricolor, French chef and cornucopia)	p. 38	July 1972	just under 1/2 page each	pen & wash, signed
Something Old, Something New, Something Torrid and Something Blue (eroticism in literature, film, theatre, etc., Leonardo da Vinci’s man now a woman upside down in a state of collapse, surrealistic use of symbols, eg from Buñuel’s Belle de Jour)	pp. 128-9	December 1972	double page spread across bottom third of spread	pen & wash, signed
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