James Arnold (author & artist)
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James Arnold was an English
commercial artist who developed a passion for the wagons that he saw on his cycling tours of the countryside in the pre- and post-War years. He set about producing painstakingly accurate measured drawings and watercolours of all the main regional types that he came across and these he included in a series of books beginning with The Joyous Wheel (Hamish Hamilton, 1940) and including The Farm Waggons of England and Wales (John Baker, 1969).
Other publications included:
As illustrator:
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commercial artist who developed a passion for the wagons that he saw on his cycling tours of the countryside in the pre- and post-War years. He set about producing painstakingly accurate measured drawings and watercolours of all the main regional types that he came across and these he included in a series of books beginning with The Joyous Wheel (Hamish Hamilton, 1940) and including The Farm Waggons of England and Wales (John Baker, 1969).
Other publications included:
- The Countryman’s Workshop, Phoenix House, 1953.
- The Shell Book of Country Crafts, John Baker, 1968.
- All Made by Hand, John Baker, 1970.
- Farm Waggons and Carts, David & CharlesDavid & CharlesDavid & Charles is a publisher. The company was founded - and is still based - in the market town of Newton Abbot, in Devon, UK, on 1 April 1960 by David St John Thomas and Charles Hadfield. It first made its name publishing titles on Britain's canals and railways...
, 1977. - All Drawn by Horses, David & CharlesDavid & CharlesDavid & Charles is a publisher. The company was founded - and is still based - in the market town of Newton Abbot, in Devon, UK, on 1 April 1960 by David St John Thomas and Charles Hadfield. It first made its name publishing titles on Britain's canals and railways...
, 1979.
As illustrator:
- Herring, Maisie. Shropshire, Paul Elek, 1949.
- Peel, J. H. B. (John Hugh Brignal)J. H. B. PeelJohn Hugh Brignal Peel was a British journalist, author and poet, writing, as J. H. B. Peel, about farming and the countryside....
, The Chilterns, Paul Elek, 1950. - Edwards, Tudor. Warwickshire, Paul Elek, 1950.