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).

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 ...

Heath Robinson, described by His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman as a “great man”, won fame for his cartoon drawings of endearing, humorous inventions, especially those of machines ...

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 ...

"Goldberg was a sewage engineer who drew cartoons," says Beare. "His devices would work, he understood engineering, but they were not beautifully drawn. Heath Robinson was an artist, his ...

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.

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 ...

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.

In the 1930s, Heath Robinson became known as "The Gadget King ... covering the extraordinary breadth of his work, from witty cartoons to dream-like watercolour landscapes and illustrations ...

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).

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.