HEATH ROBINSON IS "GUILTY OF A DRAWING OF A 'BUNKER CHAIR'" FOR GOLFERS ROBINSON (William Heath, 1872-1944, Humorous Artist)

Fine Autograph letter Signed "W. Heath Robinson" to Rosemary Hanson Day thanking her for her "suggestions which are good but rather difficult to carry out sufficiently as drawings. I am now guilty of a drawing of a 'Bunker Chair' which lifted a middle aged golfer over the bunker - through the air in the direction of the ball. I will keep your letter in case I may be able to adapt the idea later on ...", 1 side 8vo., The Copse, Cranleigh, Surrey headed paper, 4th October

Heath Robinson's gentle personality was reflected in his drawings which poked fun at the pompous but were never cruel. The term "Heath Robinson" entered the popular language during the First World War as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance, much as "Rube Goldberg machines" came to be used in the US from the 1920s onwards as a term for similar efforts. "Heath Robinson contraption" is perhaps more often used in relation to temporary fixes using ingenuity and whatever is to hand, often string and tape, or unlikely cannibalisations.

Item Date:  1924

Stock No:  38982      £425

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