Heath robinson

He was so good at imagining overly complicated and outlandish contraptions that his name became part of the English dictionary in the early 20th century to describe anything with an unnecessarily elaborate design. “That’s a real Heath-Robinson!” one could say to describe an apparatus that performed very simple tasks in an eccentric but rather inefficient…

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He was so good at imagining overly complicated and outlandish contraptions that his name became part of the English dictionary in the early 20th century to describe anything with an unnecessarily elaborate design. “That’s a real Heath-Robinson!” one could say to describe an apparatus that performed very simple tasks in an eccentric but rather inefficient…

View The Spirit of Christmas in Regent Street By William Heath Robinson; pen and ink and watercolour; 43 x 30cm (16 15/16 x 11 13/16in); Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) was a victorian cartoonist best known for drawing overly complicated mechanisms able to achieve only simple objectives. Despite a big production and a certain recognition in the UK where, during the First World War, the name "Heath Robinson" came to be...

William Heath Robinson (1872 – 1944) was an English illustrator and cartoonist, best known for his drawings of complicated machines for achieving simple objectives. “Heath Robinson Contraption” is a phrase that entered the language during WW1 in Britain, and later in the United States. William wrote and illustrated three highly successful children’s books (The Adventures of Uncle Lubin 1902, Bill the Minder 1912, Peter Quip in Search of a Friend 1933) as well as illustrating numerous others…

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The Bystander Edição de Verão 1925

‘His humour turned on taking things to the extremes’ says author Adam Hart-Davis on his subject, humourist (and excellent draftsman) Heath Robinson.