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The North West Magazine

Magazine
ca. 1943 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rippon, John (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

This magazine comes from a series written and illustrated by John Rippon when he was 13.


Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Dolls & Toys
Books
Made by Children
Object type
Magazine
TitleThe North West Magazine (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Ink and pencil on paper
Paper
Pencil
Ink
Drawing (Image-Making)
Handwriting
Brief description
Magazine, home-made, ink and pencil on paper, entitled 'The North West Magazine', created by John Rippon, probably Great Britain, ca. 1943.
Physical description
16-page home-made magazine entitled 'The North West Magazine', cover image depicts a scene from 'The Pirates of Pizarro', a story that features inside, the image shows a male figure in the bottom right hand corner looking through a telescope at a pirate ship in the centre of the drawing. Other stories include 'Rip Van Winkle's Daily Dairy', 'Jack Randall in Africa', 'World Spotlight: Beards and Moustaces[sic]' 'Cartridge Sabotage', 'Stories From All Over the World: I Desert Gold', and 'Books For Christmas This Year'. The back page is entitled 'Micellaneous[sic] Page'. Many of the stories and articles are illustrated with hand-drawn pictures. Pages are bound by thread on the left hand side.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.1cm
  • Width: 16.4cm
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by Gillian Baker
Summary
This magazine comes from a series written and illustrated by John Rippon when he was 13.
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.307-2010

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Record createdFebruary 21, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1193051/the-north-west-magazine-magazine-rippon-john/
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