Mapping Words

A register of sketchbooks, and of the practice of drawing on the spot.

Section 05 of 07

Witness

Drawing where a camera was not welcome. 3 entries.

Blue English Heritage plaque commemorating artist and illustrator Edward Ardizzone on a brick wall05
Ardizzone worked as an official war artist where a camera would not have been tolerated.Photo: EDWARD ARDIZZONE 1900-1979 Artist and Illustrator lived here 1920-1972 (2) · Wikimedia Commons

Named in this section

Edward Ardizzone

Official war artist

Drew on active service in conditions where a camera would not have been tolerated; the line stays domestic even when the subject is not.

Ronald Searle

Prisoner, Changi

Kept drawings hidden while a prisoner, including under the mattresses of men with cholera, because the guards would not go near them.

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