"NOW THAT'S MY NAME? SAYS THAT". Original artwork illustrating Tom Tit Tot.

Indian Ink on Bistol Board thick paper. The images measures 28 x 18cm on paper 33.7 x 23cm. Signed by the artist lower right (which has been whited out). Inscribed with the title in pencil by the artist lower left. Printer's notation in blue pencil to the top right corner. In very good orginal condition. With a printed proof of the illustration at reduced publication size.

The drawing, illustrating the story Tom Tit Tot story by Amabel Williams-Ellis was reproduced as a full page illustration on page 73 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'.