I stumbled across a paperback copy of Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding ( of Tom Jones fame) for 30p in a local charity shop the other day, so I snapped it up.
I haven't read it as yet ( having just finished 'Three Men in a Boat' by Jerome K. Jerome ( brilliant!) and just started the latest and last Harry Potter) but I do have very dim recollections of seeing the Tony Richardson film version on TV once, at an age when I probably shouldn't have.
I am hoping the book will be full of bawdy wit, farcical confusion and ribald misadventure
( otherwise I'm taking it back!).
Here's a cover I've recreated ( based on those selfsame dim recollections).
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5 comments:
Delightful. The woodcut background is effective. I am now tempted to go to the library...ta ta
I knew you weren't just a short legged cutie on wheels....
hehe
that's very sweet
mystery guest
tho' also a tad freaky
not knowing who's speaking
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paul x
i love your style and lettering.
This has a M. Sasek quality to it.
What type of ink and pens do you use?
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hi john
the sasek remark is very kind
thank you
I used biro for the figure ( it was about an inch high in a notebook), dip pen and indian ink for the words and an old woodcut for the background ( there was a bird in the place now occupied by J.A.
hope that helps
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