George Worsley Adamson
 
Illustrator and humorist

Cartoons by George Adamson published from 1952 to 1960 in Country Fair
Caption/description	Issue	Date	Size	Nature
Gardener sweeping leaves under corner of turf carpet	Vol. 2, no. 1, p. 45	Jan. 1952	small	b+w line, signed
THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE ON (Maid with bucket- and shovelful of coal)	Vol. 2, no. 1, p. 65	Jan. 1952	small	b+w line, signed
‘-And How’s the ‘House in the Country’ These Days?’ (Dapper townsman meeting country-dressed man with mud-bespattered trousers)	Vol. 2, no. 3, p. 42	Mar. 1952	small	b+w line, signed
THE WELFARE STATE ‘And of course, we’re all covered by the Wild Bird Protection Acts, 1880-1930...’ (Family of thrushes on nest with fledglings)	Vol. 2, no. 5, p. 31	May 1952	small	b+w line, signed
‘I was 4-ply last year. What were you?’ (Two woolly sheep talking)	Vol. 2, no. 6, p. 54	June 1952	small	b+w line & signed with an a
‘His great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was immortalised in some book or other’ (Two rabbits talking from bank as Rabbit goes by in jacket looking at its watch)	Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 34	July 1952	small	b+w line & signed with an a in Tenniel style
5 small drawings showing the rosettes for 1st, 2nd, Steward, Press, and Public at cattle show	Vol. 3, no. 2, p. 26	Aug. 1952	small	b+w line, signed
Deer with TV aerial antlers in rugged landscape	Vol. 3, no. 2, p. 27	Aug. 1952	small	b+w line, signed
Man in deerstalker playing grand piano while sitting on a shooting stick; dogs listening on mat	Vol. 3, no. 5, p. 61	Nov. 1952	small	b+w line, signed
‘I’m sure he’s mechanically minded’ (Two squirrels watching a third playing with nuts [of the engineering variety])	Vol. 3, no. 5, p. 66	Nov. 1952	small	line, signed
Man with potato head planting potatoes, all have faces and wisps	Vol. 4, no. 4, p. 57	April 1953	small	line, signed
‘She’s looking for someone’ (Field of gulls all facing the same way bar one.)	Vol. 4, no. 4, p. 63	April 1953	half page	line, signed
‘HARVESTER AHOY!’ (Mouse look-out on stalk of wheat)	Vol. 5, no. 2, p. 35	Aug. 1953	small	line, signed
Family watching television, two cows watching too through window	Vol. 5, no. 3, p. 27	Sept 1953	1/3 page	b+w line, signed
Rams with horns intertwined	Vol. 5, no. 4, p. 35	Oct. 1953	small	b+w line, signed
Rabbit, water rat, squirrel and pigeon in stocks	Vol. 5, no. 5, p. 29	Nov.1953	small	b+w line, signed
Shooting man on roof/stork carrying child passing	Vol. 5, no. 6, p. 55	Dec. 1953	small	b+w line, signed
Man and hip bath as coal scuttle before glowing hearth	Vol. 5, no. 6, p. 63	Dec. 1953	small	b+w line, signed
Beware of the car (notice on garden gate)	Vol. 6, no. 1, p. 60	Jan. 1954	small	b+w line, signed
‘Frankly, because I’d had such a lot of trouble finding it again’ (Winged plovers marking the nest with grass stalk)	Vol. 6, no. 5, p. 63	May 1954	small	b+w line, signed
Pigs & piggie bank sharing sty	Vol. 6, no. 6, p. 85	June 1954	small	b+w line, signed
Cherub licking cornet	Vol. 7, no. 1, p. 40; also used Vol. 9, no. 5, Nov. 1955, p. 34	July 1954	small	b+w line, unsigned
Car driving along lane of cows	Vol. 7, no. 1, p. 43	July 1954	small	b+w line, signed
‘One thing about rivers---they’re usually in flat country’ (Two poachers)	Vol. 7, no. 1, p. 72	July 1954	small	b+w line, signed
Wing float duckling	Vol. 7, no. 2, p. 52	Aug. 1954	small	b+w line, unsigned
Girl pumping up leaking seahorse	Vol. 7, no. 2, p. 58	Aug. 1954	small	b+w line, signed a
Horn of plenty	Vol. 7, no. 3, p. 31	Sept. 1954	small	b+w line, signed
Brass rubbing of husband and wife, latter wielding rolling pin	Vol. 7, no. 3, p. 54	Sept. 1954	small	b+w line & tone, signed
Inverted dog basket with cat under it and dog lying on top	Vol. 7, no. 4, p. 36	Oct. 1954	small	b+w line, signed
Toby jugs (feather dusting)	Vol. 7, no. 4, p. 49	Oct. 1954	small	b+w line, signed
Two children playing with sand in back of lorry, and pouring it out	Vol. 7, no. 5, p. 36	Nov. 1954	small	b+w line, signed
Danger Thin Ice notice with bull fallen through ice	Vol. 7, no. 6, p. 45	Dec. 1954	small	b+w line, signed
Nursemaid & boy on skis	Vol. 7, no. 6, p. 88	Dec. 1954	small	b+w line, signed
Fishing strictly prohibited notice with man caning boy over his knee with fishing rod	Vol. 8, no. 3, p. 32	Mar. 1955	small	b+w line, signed
Farmer stopping sheep/AA man stopping cars	Vol. 9, no. 2, p. 26	Aug. 1955	half page	b+w line, unsigned
Two drawings: Town and Country: murky sky/muddy ground	Vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 32-33	Nov. 1955	small	b+w line, signed a on country drawing
Snuggled up at pillory, with fingers in nose	Vol. 9, no. 6, p. 97	Dec. 1955	small	b+w line, signed
Rabbits in moon craters	Vol. 10, no. 2, p. 25	Feb. 1956	small	b+w line, signed
Bottle in fish tank at club pointing towards Bar	Vol. 14, no. 3, p. 39	Mar. 1958	small	line, signed
‘Careful, brother, tomorrow’s Good Friday!’ (Two fishes talking while monks fish from bank)	Vol. 14, no. 4, p. 27	April 1958	1/3 page	line, signed

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