Norman Thelwell
Some Damn Fool's Signed the Rubens Again

Some Damn Fool’s Signed the Rubens Again is Thelwell’s look at life in Britain’s stately homes, and what happens when they are opened to the public.

Here are the castles, country estates, and the quirks of the British class system all depicted in the artist’s inimitable style.
When an ancestral home is crumbling, or an aristocratic family is debt-ridden, the solution calls for drastic action.

It is time to welcome in the paying public.

Thelwell’s cartoons capture the comic situations that result when the noble residents come face to face with the curious visitors.... Lire la suite