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Norman Thelwell

    23. květen 1923 – 7. únor 2004

    Norman Thelwell byl anglický karikaturista, který proslul svými humornými ilustracemi poníků a koní. Po studiu na Liverpool College of Art se stal přispěvatelem satirického časopisu Punch. Svou niku nalezl v kreslených vtipech o dívkách z Jezdeckého klubu a ponících, kteří se vyhýbají překážkám. Jeho díla potěšila miliony čtenářů.

    Thelwell's Book of Leisure
    Thelwell Country
    Play It As It Lies
    Compleat Tangler
    Penelope Rides Again
    Thelwell's Pony Cavalcade
    • 2024

      Thelwell's collection of more than 90 hilarious and sharply observed cartoons chronicling Britain's stately homes and the class system. First published in 1982, the humour remains timeless.

      Some Damn Fool's Signed the Rubens Again
    • 2023

      The cartoonist Norman Thelwell's humorous and heartfelt message to conserve the environment and countryside. Includes a wry look at modern life and progress.

      The Effluent Society
    • 2023

      Play It As It Lies brings together a glorious collection of Thelwell's golfing cartoons.The perfect gift for any golfer who has experienced the horrors of sporting the wrong attire on course, losing his ball, or been wronged by unforgivable gamesmanship. Thelwell guides the reader out of the bunker and onto the fairway.

      Play It As It Lies
    • 2023

      Three Sheets in the Wind brings together a glorious collection of Thelwell's sailing cartoons. Arriving on a summer weekend at any stretch of water without one's own craft behind the car or swaying proudly at its moorings is like attending a dance with a broken leg - not to mention the damage to one's social status. This is a humorous manual of instruction for sailors anywhere.

      Three Sheets in the Wind
    • 2022

      Penelope Rides Again

      • 96 stránek
      • 4 hodiny čtení
      5,0(1)Ohodnotit

      Given that these highly recognizable characters helped marry the Thelwell name to horses and the equestrian experience the world over, a special 100th Anniversary Edition seems fitting.

      Penelope Rides Again
    • 2022

      The Compleat Tangler brings together a glorious collection of Thelwell's fishing cartoons. What do fishermen really get up to when they abandon a warm bed before the crack of dawn, stuff a haversack with tins of assorted maggots, half a hundredweight of pulped bread and a folding campstool, and disappear into the drizzle? Thelwell presents his report.

      Compleat Tangler
    • 1999

      Thelwell's Pony Cavalcade

      • 272 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení
      4,4(83)Ohodnotit

      From the first publication of Angels on Horseback in 1957, the 'Thelwell pony' entered the language - and the libraries of horse-lovers everywhere. This omnibus edition contains much of Norman Thelwell's invaluable advice to aspiring equestrians on how to get into the saddle and stay there; each item illustrated with inimitable and deadly clarity.

      Thelwell's Pony Cavalcade