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Design for Woven Textile with birds and animals. Watercolour and charcoal on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1959
Design for book cover, The Squires GrandsonDesign for a book cover entitled The Squires Grandson, by J.M. Callwell. Gouache and pencil on heavy paper with gold paint highlights. Blackie, London; Silver Studio. 1897
Design for Frieze with ships and treesDesign for Frieze with sailing ships and trees. Stencil, gouache and distemper on hand-made paper. Rottmann & Co. 1894
Design for woven textile with four flowers in a celtic, art nouveau style. Pencil, charcoal and crayon on copy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1905
Cover design, Imperial Airways map of the European Air Routes for 1934: London-Paris, Paris-Basle, Basle-Zurich, London-Brussels, Brussels-Cologne, London-Le Touquet
Imperial Airways Poster, by air in comfortImperial Airways Poster, By Air in Comfort, to Europe, Africa, Asia. 20th century
Medieval style CoronationA medieval style illustration showing a Queen being crowned by an archbishop, surrounded by other religious leaders, a stylised impression of the ceremony reproduced in Everybodys Magazine Coronation
The Toilette of the Rose by BrunelleschiStylised illustration showing a beautiful woman in 18th century costume representing a rose, admires her reflection as a masked harlequin spies on her from behind a tree. Date: 1927
The Sketch Christmas Number front cover 1940Stylised graphic cover of The Sketch magazine, for the Christmas number 1940 featuring a bejewelled hand holding some mistletoe against a backdrop of holly. Date: 1940
The Dance magazine front cover 1931Front cover of The Dance magazine featuring a stylised illustration of numerous personalities of the New York stage in the early 1930s. Date: 1931
Couple dancing. Art decoStylised image of dancing couple.Date: 1930
The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1930Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number featuring a pre-WWI Christmas party with people enjoying a music recital. Date: 1930
The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1931Stylised front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1931 featuring a lady wearing a full skirted dress seated on a chaise longue in a modern art deco apartment. Date: 1931
Design for a Modern Tapestry by JaxonDesign for a modern tapestry in the Medieval Manner, showing a 1930s society enjoying motorcycling, shooting and flying, while medieval dogs and dragons litter the scenes of modern pursuits
The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1929Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number 1929 featuring a group of stylised and rather angular dinner party guests around a table. Date: 1929
Riding to Bethlehem by Francis TaylorStylised illustration or, as it is described in the caption, illumination showing the Three Kings following the star to Bethlehem. Date: 1927
The Graphic Christmas Number front cover, 1928Dramatic cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1928 featuring a group of angular looking ice skaters from the 1890s to introduce the Naughty Nineties theme of the issue. Date: 1928
Melodie, by BrunelleschiStylised illustration showing a couple in eighteenth century costume in a fantasy landscape. The woman, wearing a pink dress, plays a lute and a gondola floats nearby. Date: 1927
Japanese New Years card - from 1916. A stylised golden sea dragon set before the unmisstakeable outline of Mount Fuji (Fujiyama) Date: 1916
Rhapsody, by BrunelleschiLovely illustration showing an 18th century couple, the man in cloak and mask, listening to the birdsong of a small bird that has been released from its cage. 1927
Jazz music while you dine, 1929A couple listen to jazz over a rather fraught dinner. The dog, cat and pet bird screech while the music blares out of the gramophone. Date: 1929
Woman in a turban by George RansteadA stylised black and white illustration of a woman in a turban or toque style hat as she smokes a cigarette, the smoke of which curls artistically around her head
Bystander front cover, 29 January 1930Stylised illustration for the Bystander cover masthead showing a couple struggling through a gale that is so strong, it even threatens to uproot a postbox. Date: 1930
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp by JeffryesStylised illustration by Jeffryes showing a man in evening attire rather bemused by a huge, bending street lamp. Date: 1930
Carrs of Carlisle advertisementAdvertisement for Carrs of Carlisle biscuit makers featuring a symmetrical illustration of a group of stylised women of the world, holding hands in a display of international harmony
Gebrauchsgraphik front cover 1930Simple, striking front cover of Gebrauchsgraphik, the journal of international advertising art, featuring a stylised image of a woman wearing a party mask
Gebrauchsgrafik fashionGraphic and stylised art deco fashion images with women wearing dresses typical of 1930 and with cropped or shingled hair
Fantasy Postcard on Turkish EmpireFantasy postcard by Raphael Tuck featuring aspects of Turkish art, script and produce Date: circa 1906
Waterfall in Karkonosze mountain rangeThe Horni Upsky vodopad (waterfall) - on the southern side of the Karkonosze mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland
Borneo Sago posterPoster depicting a stylised scene in Borneo showing sago being harvested. Sago is a type of starch found in the soft innards of certain palms
Admiralty Islands - decorated gourdsDecorated gourds from the Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. Pen & Ink with watercolour wash drawings by Raymond Sheppard
Lions drinking from a still poolStylised drawing by Raymond Sheppard of two African lions drinking by a still pool
Two Polar bearsPolar bears, one swimming, the other standing on the Arctic ice shelf. Oil painting by Raymond Sheppard
Leopards and MacawsA stylised jungle scene of a Leopard (Panthera pardus) chasing a Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna), whilst another watches on from a distant high branch. Stylised painting by Raymond Sheppard
Ocelot chasing birdsStylised painting by Raymond Sheppard of an Ocelot leaping through jungle foliage in pursuit of three blue swallows
Woman from Central PortugalA woman in traditional costume from Central Portugal - Tomar
Stylised view of a rider approaching Constantinople, with the distinctive outline of a Mosque on the horizon
Christmas partyA family enjoy an intimate party at Christmas, dancing together to a radio in the corner. A Christmas tree and mistletoe add to the festive scene
Arab Merchants - Old market in CairoArab merchants in the Old Market, Cairo, set within a stylised border, drawing on the designs of temple architecture from the Old Kingdom Temples of Middle Egypt (Karnak?)
Art Nouveau postcard - SalomkoFantastic stylised Art Nouveau postcard design by Sergei de Salomko (1859 - 1926) featuring a woman in the guise of an ancient queen, complete with crown and exotic platted and bejewellery hair
The Origin of Species by SogataStylised illustration depicting a fashionably dressed woman holding her pet cat. The two are alarmingly physically alike
Three Bar-Lambs by ChicotStylised colour illustration by Chicot showing three flapper girls sitting at a cocktail bar
The Sea Hath Pearls - Especially At Deauville In AugustStylised colour illustration showing a lady bathing in the sea swathed in pearls
The Futurists Dream of Paradise by Leslie ButlerA futurist artist, sleeps in his bed dreaming of a paradise filled with stylised futurist figures and landscapes for him to paint. Humorous illustration by Leslie Butler
Bystander masthead by Leon Heron, 1930Stylised design for the front cover of The Bystander showing a well-dressed couple, he in top hat and tails, her in evening dress and fur coat facing each other and staring into one anothers faces
The Cold Shoulder. By Jorgen MyllerAn stylised illustration by Jorgen Myller of two glamourous ladies gossiping at a party
The Show Boat. By Jorgen MyllerStylised illustration by Jorgen Myller showing a couple punting on a river. The male characters outfit is an exaggerated version of what typical upper class men, particularly students
Bystander Masthead 1930A stylised art deco style illustration for the Bystander masthead showing a languide river scene with a bright young thing relaxing & smoking in a boat bobbing by the bank