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A new Austin Seven arrives at its owner's house
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A new Austin Seven arrives at its owner's house
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28-05-2020, 07:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-05-2020, 11:22 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
Another restored cover - a new Austin Seven arrives at its owner's house. I've put a much higher resolution copy here: http://www.lathes.uk/box-1934-new-car.jpg
28-05-2020, 08:23 PM
Envy of the street perhaps.
John Mason
Would you believe it "Her who must be obeyed" refers to my Ruby as the toy.
28-05-2020, 09:39 PM
He chose it to match the son's jumper and his wife's scarf...
28-05-2020, 10:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-05-2020, 10:02 PM by David Cochrane.)
It's interesting that it shows the correct pattern of paint, e.g. top of the bonnet & scuttle are body colour (not black) and the scuttle ventilators are painted (NOT brass).
28-05-2020, 10:10 PM
Hard to tell on a computer screen but I'm curious about the artwork, looks like a very heavily doctored photograph? Otherwise the artist was an impressive draftsman.
28-05-2020, 10:51 PM
Some technical illustrators were very talented artists It is said that Ettore Bugatti would never engage a draftsman unless he was a competent freehand artist as well. Many years ago, I had a friend who was a technical illustrator with Rootes Group in Coventry. I have one of his pen and ink drawings of the North Bar at Beverley which is almost photographic in its detail.
28-05-2020, 11:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-05-2020, 11:22 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
(28-05-2020, 10:10 PM)Chris KC Wrote: Hard to tell on a computer screen but I'm curious about the artwork, looks like a very heavily doctored photograph? Otherwise the artist was an impressive draftsman.Click the image twice and you'll see a close-up of the printing pattern. It could well have been based on a photograph, but these artists really were good.... I've put a higher resolution download here: http://www.lathes.uk/box-1934-new-car.jpg (it might take time to appear on a slow connection) 
29-05-2020, 07:47 AM
If I may go back to the evidence of perspective, whilst the image may well use a photograph for elements of background rather than having been drawn on location, it certainly is not the composition of a photo.
29-05-2020, 07:55 AM
It's also full of the usual teeny tiny people who apparently inhabited the Austin world in the 1930s.
This poor chap can sport a full fedora and still manage impressive head room. Andy B
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think!
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