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"DESPITE THE SEVERE DEPLETION OF EQUIPMENT AND ROLLING STOCK, THE COMPANY WILL DO ALL IN ITS' POWER TO RESUME MEALS ON THE TRAINS."
Auction: 03/21/2013
Lot: 15
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Rowland Frederick Emett AUCTION RECORDS
1906 London - 1990. Known for: Illustration-book, sculpture, cartoons.
Frederick Rowland Emett OBE, also known as Rowland Emett was a celebrated cartoonist, a brilliant inventor, a designer, engineer and constructor of whimsical kinetic sculpture. Rowland was born in... Read full biography
Frederick Rowland Emett OBE, also known as Rowland Emett was a celebrated cartoonist, a brilliant inventor, a designer, engineer and constructor of whimsical kinetic sculpture. Rowland was born in 1906 in London, England, son of a businessman and amateur inventor, and the grandson of Queen... Read full biography
Frederick Rowland Emett OBE, also known as Rowland Emett was a celebrated cartoonist, a brilliant inventor, a designer, engineer and constructor of whimsical kinetic sculpture. Rowland was born in 1906 in London, England, son of a businessman and amateur inventor, and the grandson of Queen Victoria's engraver. Emett studied art and started employment in the commercial art field. Seeing a friend paid handsomely by "Punch" Magazine for what he thought was a poor article, he submitted his own,... Read full biography
Frederick Rowland Emett OBE, also known as Rowland Emett was a celebrated cartoonist, a brilliant inventor, a designer, engineer and constructor of whimsical kinetic sculpture. Rowland was born in 1906 in London, England, son of a businessman and amateur inventor, and the grandson of Queen Victoria's engraver. Emett studied art and started employment in the commercial art field. Seeing a friend paid handsomely by "Punch" Magazine for what he thought was a poor article, he submitted his own, quickly becoming one of the most popular cartoonists at "Punch", and eventually becoming Cartoon Editor. Many of Emett's cartoons featured outlandish trains and railway scenes of strange bumbling trains with excessively tall chimneys and silly names.... Read full biography
Frederick Rowland Emett OBE, also known as Rowland Emett was a celebrated cartoonist, a brilliant inventor, a designer, engineer and constructor of whimsical kinetic sculpture. Rowland was born in 1906 in London, England, son of a businessman and amateur inventor, and the grandson of Queen Victoria's engraver. Emett studied art and started employment in the commercial art field. Seeing a friend paid handsomely by "Punch" Magazine for what he thought was a poor article, he submitted his own, quickly becoming one of the most popular cartoonists at "Punch", and eventually becoming Cartoon Editor. Many of Emett's cartoons featured outlandish trains and railway scenes of strange bumbling trains with excessively tall chimneys and silly names. These did not go unnoticed and in 1950 the organizers of the 1951 'Festival of Britain' approached him to see if he might create a rea... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA 1-inch scale model of Emett's masterpiece automaton 'A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley'
Rowland Frederick Emett Auction: 02/23/2021Lot: 46Subscribe or get free alerts
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Rowland Frederick Emett Auction: 07/03/2007Lot: 938Subscribe or get free alerts
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