Illustrating the Grotesque

Heath Robinson Museum 50 West End Lane, Pinner

Following the success of Uncle Lubin (1902), Heath Robinson was commissioned to illustrate The Works of Rabelais. These portray a bleak landscape largely peopled by grotesque peasants and priests whose lives are dominated by fear and superstition and who can find relief only in drunkenness and debauchery.

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PLHS – “The Great Barn at Harmondsworth; Past, Present and Future”.

Pinner Village Hall Chapel Lane, Pinner

Pinner Local History Society Next Meeting     - Thursday EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 MONDAY 30 JANUARYEnglish Heritage has secured the future of the Grade l Medieval Harmondsworth Barn in west London. Rescued by English Heritage from years of neglect and decay, the oak-framed medieval barn – dubbed by the late poet laureate and heritage campaigner Sir John…

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