It was Alfred Bestall's illustration of Nutwood, the fictitious English village where Rupert Bear lived. First introduced to me through my big sister's hand-me-down annuals from the late 1950's.
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| 1956. A.E. Bestall |
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| 1962 A.E. Bestall |
Rupert Bear was originally created and illustrated in 1920 as a strip in the Daily Express Newspaper by Mary Tourtel, who retired in 1948.
Throughout the late 1960's to the mid 70's, I got my own Annuals every Christmas. It was always the portrayal of the British countryside that I adored and couldn't wait to see. Note the red not grey squirrels...
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| 1969 A.E. Bestall |
The stories were absolute fantasy yet because of the realism in the landscape detail, I believed everything was true.
Aah - thank you for posting the illustration of the woodland pool by Alfred Bestall. That illustration made such a great impression on me in 1956 that I can still recall it now 57 years later...
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