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The home-made car,man & wife construct a car,furniture,rope,upended table,1921

Title: [The home-made car, no. 2]
Creator(s): Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath), 1872-1944, artist
Date Created/Published: 1921 Aug. [publication date]
Summary: A man and his wife construct a car out of furniture, rope, and other found materials, scattered on the floor before them. They stand beside an upended table, to which four upright chairs have been secured.
Notes:
Inscribed, lower left: You cannot spend too much care on planning the body.
No copyright information found with item.
Printed and inscribed on label adhered to verso: No. 1220. Title. The Home-Made Car. By. W. Heath Robinson. To be returned to A.E. Johnson. Artists' Agent, 3, Henrietta Street, Convent Garden, London, W.C.2. Strand Mag.
Signed, lower right: W. / Heath / Robinson.
The published caption reads: Start with the dining-room table. Having decided which end shall form the front of the car, saw off the two legs at the end, in the manner indicated. Chairs must then be placed in position and secured with a disused clothes-line.
Title devised.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.562)
Published as the second of five images.
Published in: The Strand Magazine, August, 1921.
Subjects:
Automobiles--1920-1930.
Construction--1920-1930.
Furniture--1920-1930.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1920-1930.
Drawings--British--1920-1930.
Periodical illustrations--British--1920-1930.
Bookmark /2009617240/
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