The display, marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day, showcases Heath Robinson’s dry, ironic humour in the face of the World Wars. His cartoons include satirical depictions of soldiers at work ...

which includes many of his best-known WW1 and World War Two cartoons, was put up for sale in 2011. The 410 drawings and paintings have now been acquired by the William Heath Robinson Trust (WHRT).

and his comical cartoons published in various magazines. During World War One, Heath Robinson used satire and absurdity to poke fun at German propaganda. It was said he received a constant stream ...

In the first world war, his lightly satirical cartoons featuring unlikely secret weapons held by the Germans became so popular that by 1917 “Heath Robinson” had entered common parlance.

Heath Robinson was an illustrator and cartoonist ... to meet Peter too whose great uncle made us laugh with his comical cartoons. "Seeing all this brings back many memories of my arrival at ...

“Heath Robinson is very much underrepresented in national galleries,” says Beare. “He was highly acclaimed as an illustrator, humourist and leading cartoonist during the two world wars, and as a truly ...

William Heath Robinson’s cartoons have become an archetype, a blanket idea for an ad hoc, bodged-together machine that is absurdly complex for the simple task it is attempting to address.

Jill Saward, Cambridge Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT A - Artist and illustrator William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) was famed for his brilliant cartoons of ludicrously intricate and complex ...

which includes many of his best-known WW1 and World War Two cartoons, was put up for sale in 2011. The 410 drawings and paintings have now been acquired by the William Heath Robinson Trust (WHRT).

Heath Robinson, born in Finsbury Park in north London ... as William Shakespeare and Rudyard Kipling, and his comical cartoons published in various magazines. It was said he received a constant ...

William Heath Robinson’s cartoons have become an archetype, a blanket idea for an ad hoc, bodged-together machine that is absurdly complex for the simple task it is attempting to address.