Ronald George Lampitt (1906 - 1988) was an English artist and illustrator. He is best known for illustrating children's books and railway posters. He was born in Worcester, and grew up in Kent and Sidcup, where he lived his whole life. Limpart never received any formal art training.
Lampitt often illustrated the Kent countryside. He would often spend weekends sketching with his friend Rowland Hilder. In 1938, Lampitt married Mona Deverson before commencing work for British Intelligence during the Second World War. This experience might have developed Lampitt's technical drawing and topographical accuracy.
Lampitt's friend and brother-in-law, Harry Deverson was a Fleet Street journalist. He was connected with publishers and was able to find illustrating work for Lampitt such as the popular weekly magazine, 'John Bull'. The two also worked collaboratively to produce two children's books: "The Map that Came to Life" (1948) and "The Open Road: (1962)
During the 1950s and 60, Lampitt illustrated railway posters for British locations including Bexhill-on-Sea, Harlech Castle and St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.
This is a one-off post on the works of Ronald Lampitt
Note: A glitch in the uploading of images means they defaulted to a random order,
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| 1930 Devon, GWR (Great Western Railway) lithograph 101.6 x 127 cm |
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| 1936 Cornwall, GWR (Great Western Railway) lithograph 100.25 x 125 cm |
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| 1937 Royal Leamington Spa, GWR (Great Western Railway) lithograph 63.8 x 101.6 cm |
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| 1946 Tenby, GWR (Great Western Railway) lithograph |
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| 1947 Bexhill-on-Sea, Southern Railway lithograph 102 x 62 cm |
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| 1948 Ireland, So near to home - so far from care British Railways lithograph 102 x 127 cm |
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| 1949 Townscape illustration for John Bull magazine |
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| c1950s Portrush, Northern Ireland, British Railways lithograph 63.5 x 101.6 cm |
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| c1950 Skating by moonlight pencil, watercolour and bodycolour 34.5 x 40 cm |
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| 1950 John Bull magazine, July 3 issue lithograph |
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| Market Day watercolour 37 x 30.5 cm |
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| Railwayana: A Railway Executive (SR) double royal lithograph poster |
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| A Robin (details not found) |
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| Spring Landscape (details not found) |
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| Steam Engine (details not found) |
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| The English Lakes lithograph poster 102 x 127 cm |
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| The Tower of London from the Thames oil on canvas 50.8 x 76.2 cm |
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| Winter Landscape (details not found) |
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| 1950 John Bull magazine, April 15 issue lithograph |
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| 1950 Easter Illustrated London News April 8 edition |
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| 1953 Illustration for International Harvester Co. Annual Report cover watercolour on board 33 x 27.9 cm |
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| 1953 John Bull magazine February 24 issue lithograph |
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| 1955 Thirsty Work lithograph published in John Bull magazine |
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| 1956 Folkestone, British Railways lithograph 100.3 x 62.2 cm |
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| 1958 December (details not found) |
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| 1958 In the Garden lithograph, Whitbread (Brewers) Calendar |
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| 1959 Harlech Castle, artwork for a poster oil painting 90.5 x 74 cm Science Museum Group Collection, London |
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| 1960 Harlech Castle, British Railways lithograph 90.5 x 74 cm |
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| c1959 St. Michael's Mount oil on board 88.9 x 73.6 cm Science Museum, London |
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| c1959 St. Michael's Mount, By Train to Marazion, British Railways lithograph 102 x 64 cm |
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| 1960 Cardiff Castle original artwork for British Railways (Western Region) 102 x 130 cm |
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| 1961 Yorkshire Dales, British Railways (North Eastern Region) lithograph 101.6 x 63.5 cm |
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| 1963 A Farm in February lithograph published in Treasure Magazine |
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| 1965 A Kent Farm in Spring watercolour and bodycolour |
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| 1965 Plants and how they grow A Ladybird Natural History Book |
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| 1966 Birds and how they live A Ladybird Natural History Book |
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| 1967 Understanding Maps A Ladybird Book |
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| 1967 Understanding Maps 2 |
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| 1967 Understanding Maps 3 |
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| 1967 Understanding Maps 4 |
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| 1967 Understanding Maps 5 |
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| 1972 What to look for outside a Church A Ladybird Book |
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| 1972 What to look for inside a Church A Ladybird Book |
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| A study of Mona (details not found) |
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| Bredon, Worcestershire lithograph |
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| Cardiff Castle, Travel by Train, British Railways lithograph 101.5 x 127 cm |
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| Farm at Twilight (details not Found) |
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| Flying Geese (details not found) |
