Young at Heart Black & White Described as the ‘Grandfather of

Described as the ‘Grandfather of British illustration’ (thank you Chris Beetles) his economy of line was said to have modernised his trade and certainly influenced the next generation of cartoonists from Frank Reynolds to David Low

the Pool of London was a popular subject for painters

Both beautifully rendered and so redolent of 1930s America

I’m not sure if this is a portrait from life or Levenson’s imagined ideal

barely a decade later the shipping containers and coastal deep-water ports had finished off the Thames’ trade and with it the viability of the Docks and Wharves along that bank

Young at Heart Black & White Described as the ‘Grandfather ofMedium Details: Oil pastel, ink, graphite, sgraffito on acid free board