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Yes I Will Go With Thee! Said Tommelise, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Yes I Will Go With Thee! Said Tommelise, and She Seated Herself on the Birds Back, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

They Carried the Mirror From Place To Place, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
They Carried the Mirror From Place To Place, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Oh, Terrified Was Poor Tommelise!, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Oh, Terrified Was Poor Tommelise!, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

That Was The Greatest of Pleasures, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
That Was The Greatest of Pleasures, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

She Stood at the Door and Begged for a Piece of Barley-Corn, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Stood at the Door and Begged for a Piece of Barley-Corn, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

This Is Just The Wife For My Son, Said the Toad, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
This Is Just The Wife For My Son, Said the Toad, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Thou Poor Little Thing! Said the Field-Mouse, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Thou Poor Little Thing! Said the Field-Mouse, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Swallow Soared High Into The Air, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Swallow Soared High Into The Air, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Then She Saw The Storks, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Then She Saw The Storks, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

There Was a Little Bird That Beat Its Wings, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
There Was a Little Bird That Beat Its Wings, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Placed The Golden Circuit Around His Neck, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Placed The Golden Circuit Around His Neck, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

It Was He Who Pulled Her Down, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
It Was He Who Pulled Her Down, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

She Understood the Speech of Birds, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Understood the Speech of Birds, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Bud Opened Into A Full-Blown Flower, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Bud Opened Into A Full-Blown Flower, in the Middle of Which Lay a Beautiful Child, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen

Mary Perdita Robinson, English actress, c1781 (1894). Artist: John Raphael Smith
Mary Perdita Robinson (1757-1800), English actress, c1781 (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Captain Cook Landing in Australia, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Captain Cook Landing in Australia, 1912. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform landing at Botany Bay on Sunday 29 April 1770. Cook made three voyages of discovery

Lois and Her Nurse. From A Book of Quaker Saints. (L. V. Hodgkin. ), 1923. Artist: Frederick Cayley Robinson
Lois and Her Nurse. From A Book of Quaker Saints. (L. V. Hodgkin.), 1923. IA Book of Quaker Saints, was written for the instruction of Quaker children

Mr. Churchills V. E. Day Broadcast, 1945 (1955)
Mr. Churchills V.E. Day Broadcast, 1945 (1955). Mr. Churchill broadcast end of hostilities of WWII, one minute after midnight, although ceasefire had been sounded along the front

Going to Market, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Going to Market, 1912. Going to market in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

The Flying Fish, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Flying Fish, 1912. A flying fish of the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Drying the Cocoa, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Drying the Cocoa, 1912. Cocoa production in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

At Work Among The Sugar-Canes, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
At Work Among The Sugar-Canes, 1912. Harvesting sugar cane in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Gathering Pineapples, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Gathering Pineapples, 1912. Harvesting pineapples in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Port Antonio, Jamaica, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Port Antonio, Jamaica, 1912. Port Antonio is the capital of the parish of Portland on the northeastern coast of Jamaica. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris

A Garden in the Sea, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Garden in the Sea, 1912. Children playing in the Bahamas. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

A Christmas Dinner in New Zealand, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Christmas Dinner in New Zealand, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Most of these animals are hunted, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Most of these animals are hunted, 1912. Hunting in New Zealand. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

The Maoris Home, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Maoris Home, 1912. A wharenui is a communal house of the Maori people of New Zealand. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

A Kauri Tree, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Kauri Tree, 1912. Agathis australis, commonly known by its Maori name kauri, is a coniferous tree of Araucariaceae in the genus Agathis

A Geyser, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Geyser, 1912. A geyser in New Zealnd. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Picking the Fruit, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Picking the Fruit, 1912. Picking fruit in New Zealnd. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

A Settler Clearing His Land, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Settler Clearing His Land, 1912. European settlement, in New Zealand, increased through the early decades of the 19th century, with numerous trading stations established, especially in the North

Going to School in New Zealand, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Going to School in New Zealand, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Wellington, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Wellington, 1912. Wellington was originally established in 1823 by Lieutenant Percy Simpson in as an agricultural station

The Kangaroo, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Kangaroo, 1912. The kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning large foot). From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris

The Dam, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Dam, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

An Australian Dairy Farm, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
An Australian Dairy Farm, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

A Sheep-Station in Australia, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Sheep-Station in Australia, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Off to the Gold-Fields, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Off to the Gold-Fields, 1912. During the Australian gold rushes, significant numbers of workers from other areas within Australia

A Settlers Home, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Settlers Home, 1912. When the Bellona transport came to anchor in Sydney Cove on 16th January, 1793, she brought with her the first immigrant free settlers to to Australia

The Governor-Generals House, Melbourne, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Governor-Generals House, Melbourne, 1912. Government House, Melbourne is the office and official residence of the Governor of Victoria

Early Settlers in Australia, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Early Settlers in Australia, 1912. When the Bellona transport came to anchor in Sydney Cove on 16th January, 1793, she brought with her the first immigrant free settlers

Aboriginal men approaching a settlers farm, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Aboriginal men approaching a settlers farm, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

British Victory Parade in Berlin, July, 1945, 1945 (1955). Held by the Allies of World War II on 7 September 1945 in Berlin, the parade was proposed by the Soviet Union, with United States

Mr Churchill with the Commonwealth Prime Ministers, 1944 (1955). From left to right: General Smuts (South Africa), Mr. Mackenzie King (Canada), Mr. Winston Churchill (United Kingdom), Mr. J

F. M. Montgomery Receives the German Surrender, 1945 (1955)
F.M. Montgomery Receives the German Surrender, 1945 (1955). From left to right: Rear Admiral Wagner, General Admiral Von Friedeburg, Mr. Trumbull Warren jr. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery

Mr. Churchills War Cabinet in the Spirng of 1941, 1941 (1955). Back row, from left to right: Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour; Lord Beaverbrook

The Board of Admiralty in Session, 1939, (1955)
The Board of Admiralty in Session, 1939 (1955). Directly under the lamp sits the First Sea Lord Admiral, Sir Dudley Pound

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"Robinson: A Master of Ingenious Contraptions and Sporting Feats" Step into the whimsical world of Robinson, where dining rooms operate without servants and everyday tasks are transformed into extraordinary adventures. In William Heath Robinson's imaginative illustrations, he brings to life a series of contraptions that redefine the concept of automation. In "Heath Robinson Automated Dining Room without Servants 1 of 4, " we witness a scene straight out of a fantastical dream. With intricate mechanisms and cleverly designed gadgets, this dining room functions flawlessly without any human assistance, and is a testament to Robinson's ability to blend creativity with practicality. But not all inventions go according to plan, as depicted in "A Complete Wash-out. " Here, Robinson humorously portrays an overly complicated washing machine that ends up causing chaos rather than cleanliness. His knack for finding humor in everyday mishaps shines through in this delightful illustration. Moving on from domestic settings, we delve into the realm of transportation with "The Kinecar. " This ingenious vehicle by William Heath Robinson showcases his talent for merging imagination and engineering prowess. The Kinecar takes us on an exhilarating ride through unconventional means while challenging traditional notions of travel. In "An Ideal Home No. I, " part of The Sketch Ideal Home series, Robinson presents us with a vision beyond our wildest dreams – sports without broad acres. He reimagines popular outdoor activities within the confines of urban spaces using his trademark ingenuity. Through these drawings, he invites us to question societal norms and embrace new possibilities. Not limited to just home innovations or sporting escapades, it also explores strategies for deceiving invaders in "Deceiving the Invader as to the State of Tide. " With cunning devices hidden beneath serene coastal scenes, he demonstrates how wit can triumph over force when it comes to protecting one's homeland. Venturing further into his artistic repertoire reveals works like "Ultra-Marine, " where Robinson's vivid imagination takes us underwater.