In the 1930s, William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) was known as ‘The Gadget King’ and is most widely remembered for his wonderfully humorous drawings. His name is still used today to describe the kind of ingenious contraption or absurdly over-complicated design that featured in many of his cartoons. However, humorous art was only his third choice of career and one that he turned to almost by accident. On leaving art school, his ambition was to become a landscape painter but book illustration... See more >