April 12, 2024
SHERLOCK HOLMES JEREMY BRETT SIGNED ART
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SHERLOCK HOLMES / JEREMY BRETT BASIL RATHBONE /SIGNED LIMITED ADDITION 1 OF 15 BY WALT HOWARTH 1928 - 2008 IN ORIGINAL CELLOPHANE IN MINT CONDITION MEASURES 11" X 14 1/2 " On leaving Art School, Walt had found work with Industrial Art Services in Manchester whose clients included World Distributors Ltd. (WDL), a leading publisher of books, annuals and comics also based in Manchester. Most of the latter were reprints of Gold Key titles and Howarth's first commission was a cover for John Wayne Adventure Comi cs , reprinting the American series by Toby Press. Howarth became the title's regular artist, producing 77 covers and numerous other images of Wayne for the John Wayne Adventure Annual .Howarth's ability to capture a likeness meant that he became WDL's leading artist, producing covers for most of their annuals; as these were primarily westerns and Howarth was keen to make them as authentic as possible, he became something of an expert on costumes, weapons and other aspects of the wild west.Working from photographs of the actors, Howarth would have his covers painted almost a year in advance of publication as they needed to be printed in time for Book Fair in January. This occasionally caused problems and one of the few covers Howarth retained was an unused cover for Wagon Train which had to be repainted when actor Ward Bond died.
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