WORZEL GUMMIDGE

Pen, ink and a splash of watercolour, on paper. Measuring 32 x 23.5cm. Signed lower left and titled 'Worzel Gummudge' at the top edge. In excellent condition, printer's notation to the upper right, otherwise fine.

The image, illustrating the Worzel Gummidge story 'The Scarecrow of Scatterbrook' was reproduced as a full page illustration on page 195 of the 1965 anthology of children's stories 'Open the Door', collected and arranged by Margery Fisher. George Worsley Adamson (1913-2005), war artist and illustrator in a career spanning half a century, is perhaps best known for his illustrations for Ted Hughes' children's books 'Meet my Folks', 'How the Whale Became' and 'The Iron Man', Richard Carpenter's 'Catweazle' books, and the dustwrapper artwork for Alan Garner's two modern fantasy classics 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' and 'The Moon of Gomrath'.