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The Ghost of Christmas Present

The Ghost of Christmas Present

Ebenezer Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Present, surrounded by festive food and gifts. Quentin Blake illustrated the 1995 edition published by Pavilion books, re-issued in 2008. -

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The Counting

The Counting

The Starkadder family gathered around the hearth, prepared for the Folio Society edition of 1977. This is an ‘alternative’ drawing, of which there are many examples in Quentin’s archive: alternatives are similar (many are almost identical) to the finished illustrations, except for some tiny detail.

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Boxer

Boxer

The Folio Society edition (1984) used Quentin Blake's illustrations which were produced using ink and chinagraph pencil. The book was re-issued in early 2013.

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The four guilty pigs

The four guilty pigs

The Folio Society edition (1984) used Quentin Blake's line drawings produced using ink and chinagraph pencil. The book was re-issued in early 2013.

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Being trained by a mountebank

Being trained by a mountebank

Full-page illustration showing Cyrano learning to perform tricks, in his 'Voyage to the Moon'. Used in The Folio Society edition (1991).

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The Great Pontiff and his trumpet

The Great Pontiff and his trumpet

Inset illustration, from Cyrano's 'Voyage to the Moon'. Published in The Folio Society edition (1991).

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Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Full-page illustration of the inimitable duo from Cervantes’ classic story. Quentin Blake produced sepia-toned illustrations for this Folio Society edition, published in 1995 (re-issued 2005).

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Frontispiece, Don Quixote

Frontispiece, Don Quixote

Full-page illustration of the inimitable duo from Cervantes’ classic story. Quentin Blake produced sepia-toned illustrations for this Folio Society edition, published in 1995 (re-issued 2005).

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Notre Dame by moonlight

Notre Dame by moonlight

Quentin illustrated the Folio Society edition (1998) in blue halftone throughout, except for the striking silhouette of Quasimodo against Notre Dame cathedral which appeared on the front cover.

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Candide and Dr Pangloss in the garden of the Old Turk

Candide and Dr Pangloss in the garden of the Old Turk

A deluxe limited edition (published by The Folio Society in 2011) of the satirical French classic by eighteenth century humorist Voltaire. Quentin produced a mixture of full-colour plates and inset line drawings to chart Candide’s disastrous but ever-optimistic career.

Several original works from the book feature in the touring exhibition ‘Quentin Blake: Inside Stories’, touring the UK until 2017.

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Candide meeting the Commodore

Candide meeting the Commodore

A deluxe limited edition (published by The Folio Society in 2011) of the satirical French classic by eighteenth century humorist Voltaire. Quentin produced a mixture of full-colour plates and inset line drawings to chart Candide’s disastrous but ever-optimistic career.

Several original works from the book feature in the touring exhibition ‘Quentin Blake: Inside Stories’, touring the UK until 2017.

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Candide stabbing the Inquisitor

Candide stabbing the Inquisitor

A deluxe limited edition (published by The Folio Society in 2011) of the satirical French classic by eighteenth century humorist Voltaire. Quentin produced a mixture of full-colour plates and inset line drawings to chart Candide’s disastrous but ever-optimistic career.

Several original works from the book feature in the touring exhibition ‘Quentin Blake: Inside Stories’, touring the UK until 2017.

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The Milkmaid and the Milk Jug

The Milkmaid and the Milk Jug

The deluxe limited edition from 2013 (published by The Folio Society) comprised fifty tales - each with a moral - by the seventeenth century French poet and fabulist Jean de la Fontaine. Quentin selected the fifty poems in the collection, and produced at least one accompanying illustration for each of them.

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The Cricket and the Ant

The Cricket and the Ant

The deluxe limited edition from 2013 (published by The Folio Society) comprised fifty tales - each with a moral - by the seventeenth century French poet and fabulist Jean de la Fontaine. Quentin selected the fifty poems in the collection, and produced at least one accompanying illustration for each of them.

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Goddess Isis comes to the rescue

Goddess Isis comes to the rescue

The deluxe 2015 limited edition of ‘The Golden Ass’ (published by the Folio Society) tells the tale of a young man’s experiences of witchcraft, when he inadvertently transforms into the Ass of the title. Here, the Egyptian Goddess Isis emerges from the sea to restore Lucius to human form after his adventures.

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The Ass Lucius enjoys a joke

The Ass Lucius enjoys a joke

The deluxe 2015 limited edition of ‘The Golden Ass’ (published by the Folio Society) tells the tale of a young man’s experiences of witchcraft, when he inadvertently transforms into the Ass of the title. Quentin produced full-page and inset illustrations (as here) for the book, both in colour and in halftone.

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The witch transforms

The witch transforms

The deluxe 2015 limited edition of ‘The Golden Ass’ (published by the Folio Society) tells the tale of a young man’s experiences of witchcraft, when he inadvertently transforms into the Ass of the title. This illustration comes from the beginning of the story, when the witch Pamphile demonstrates that she can turn herself into an owl.

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A letter from Uncle Cosmo

A letter from Uncle Cosmo

Mrs Armitage and her redoubtable dog Breakspear at breakfast, at the beginning of their third adventure together. The pictures of the wall remind them of some of their other exploits ...

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A daring rescue by Mrs Armitage

A daring rescue by Mrs Armitage

Mrs Armitage and Breakspear pull off a daring rescue on their customised surf board, in their second adventure.

‘Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave’ appears on stage in a tour of London venues in October 2016.

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Transforming pigeons by violin

Transforming pigeons by violin

Pigeons are transformed into beautiful long-tailed birds by Patrick and his magic violin, in the first book both written and illustrated by Quentin. He wrote it specifically so it would have to be printed in full colour, as until that time (1968) he had only been commissioned to do black & white or simple colour work.

Original artworks from the books featured in the House of Illustration’s exhibition ‘Seven Kinds of Magic’ in 2016.

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Mister Magnolia

Mister Magnolia

Mister Magnolia has only one boot, but that didn’t stop him from winning the Kate Greenaway Medal for Quentin in 1980!

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Aunt Fidget Wonkham Strong (and Tom)

Aunt Fidget Wonkham Strong (and Tom)

Tom slinks along behind his formidable Aunt in her iron hat in this first collaboration between Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake.

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In search of cockatoos

In search of cockatoos

Quentin’s book about the mischievous cockatoos who decide to play hide-and-seek with Prof Dupont. They hide in all the rooms of a rural French house, including the kitchen, the attic - and the bathroom.

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Checklist of cockatoos

Checklist of cockatoos

This rough note, kept with the preliminary work for the book, helped Quentin remember the shape and colour of each of the birds as they appeared throughout the story. Find out more in ‘Words and Pictures’ (2013).

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