Searle on Wall St.

 For HOLIDAY magazine, March 1964

Sunday Times

 A nice spread in the 22 November, 1964 issue to promote the release of 'From Frozen North to Filthy Lucre'.

'Por favor sēnor' - Searle in Spain

I'm not aware that Searle ever visited Spain but he did illustrate an article for the January 1962 of Holiday magazine - it was one of a series of 'By Rocking Chair Across...' satirical reports written by Alex Atkinson.

Original art in the Wilhelm Busch Museum, Hanover, Germany.

These were reprinted in Searle's book collection 'Escape from the Amazon!' (1964) with the following pictures also.

 Peter Harrington Books has a signed edition available here

'First edition, first impression. Presentation copy from Ronald Searle, inscribed in his distinctive hand on the front free endpaper: "For Wendy with love from Ronnie, Christmas 1964"; also tipped-in is an inscribed Christmas card (1965) from Searle (with integral envelope addressed in his hand). "Wendy" is the actress, dancer, and theatre and film director, Wendy Toye (1917-2010) who had collaborated with Searle on a number of theatre projects.'

A Grain of Sand

I can't find out much more than the following but I'd love to see this short film. (Another is the 'John Gilpin' short made by Halas & Batchelor with Searle's drawings for the '51 Festival of Britain)

'Created for the UNICEF film, Grain of Sand, 1964. This film tells the UNICEF story simply and dramatically. In the first part, William Blake’s poem, Auguries of Innocence, is narrated over graphic animation by Ronald Searle; the second part features a day in the life of a Tunisian boy. Narrator, David Wayne' Directed by David Keith Hardy.

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library, OSU

'The plight of children in some parts of the world is portrayed in animated sequences by noted British artist Ronald Searle, the narration following the style of William Blake's poem. There is live footage of a day in the life of a ten-year-old boy in Tunisia. What he observes on his way to and from school illustrates some of the work of UNICEF.'

1964, 14 min 50 s

• Production Agency 
• United Nations

William Jeremiah Burke

('Continuing into the 1940s and through the 1960s, the correspondence details some of his work as director of editorial research at LOOK magazine and its sister publications Quick and  Flair magazines. Correspondence, diary, manuscripts of novels, poems, articles, photographs, books,
memorabilia and other personal and professional papers of an author and director of editorial research at LOOK magazine, 1943-1968'.)

Smörgåsbord

The 1964 book 'Escape from the Amazon!' collects drawings from the 'By Rocking Chair Across . . . ' series that was published in Punch and Holiday magazines. The book contains articles written by Alex Atkinson on Spain, Sweden and France plus a story on 'The Adventures of Mrs. Dyson'. Here are the drawings from the Sweden section. I've traced some of the originals and the rest are scans from the book.

Searle in Canada

Searle's trip to Canada in the 60s as reported on in the UK newspaper The Sun.

The report as originally published in full colour in HOLIDAY magazine, April 1964
(Thanks to Brendan Amphlet & Uli Meyer for the scans)

This would later lead to a commission from The Hudson's Bay Company to illustrate their calender, the drawings for which were subsequently published in the book THE GREAT FUR OPERA, 1970.

The Hudson’s Bay Company A TRICENTENNIAL REPORT Having worked like a beaver to overcome three centuries of plunging thermometers, recalcitrant Indians, and fierce competitors from Quebec and the U.S.A., it remains today the continent’s most durable trading enterprise By DAVID LAVENDER With drawings by RONALD SEARLE American Heritage Magazine, April 1970 Vol. 21, Issue 3.

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