Ronald Lampitt

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,

1930 Devon, GWR (Great Western Railway)
lithograph 101.6 x 127 cm

1936 Cornwall, GWR (Great Western Railway)
lithograph 100.25 x 125 cm

1937 Royal Leamington Spa, GWR (Great Western Railway)
lithograph 63.8 x 101.6 cm

1946 Tenby, GWR (Great Western Railway)
lithograph

1947 Bexhill-on-Sea, Southern Railway
lithograph 102 x 62 cm

1948 Ireland, So near to home - so far from care
British Railways
lithograph 102 x 127 cm

1949 Townscape
illustration for John Bull magazine

c1950s Portrush, Northern Ireland, British Railways
lithograph 63.5 x 101.6 cm

c1950 Skating by moonlight
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour 34.5 x 40 cm

1950 John Bull magazine, July 3 issue
lithograph
 

Market Day
watercolour 37 x 30.5 cm

Railwayana: A Railway Executive (SR)
double royal lithograph poster

A Robin  (details not found)

Spring Landscape (details not found)

Steam Engine (details not found)

The English Lakes
lithograph poster 102 x 127 cm

The Tower of London from the Thames
oil on canvas 50.8 x 76.2 cm

Winter Landscape (details not found)

1950 John Bull magazine, April 15
issue
lithograph

1950 Easter
Illustrated London News April 8 edition 

1953 Illustration for International Harvester Co.
 Annual Report cover
watercolour on board 33 x 27.9 cm

1953 John Bull magazine February 24 issue
lithograph

1955 Thirsty Work
lithograph published in John Bull magazine

1956 Folkestone, British Railways
 lithograph 100.3 x 62.2 cm

1958 December (details not found)

1958 In the Garden
lithograph, Whitbread (Brewers) Calendar

1959 Harlech Castle, artwork for a poster
oil painting 90.5 x 74 cm
Science Museum Group Collection, London

1960 Harlech Castle, British Railways
lithograph 90.5 x 74 cm

c1959 St. Michael's Mount
oil on board 88.9 x 73.6 cm
Science Museum, London

c1959 St. Michael's Mount, By Train to Marazion,
 British Railways
lithograph 102 x 64 cm

1960 Cardiff Castle
original artwork for British Railways (Western Region)
102 x 130 cm

1961 Yorkshire Dales, British Railways (North Eastern Region)
lithograph 101.6 x 63.5 cm

1963 A Farm in February
lithograph published in Treasure Magazine

1965 A Kent Farm in Spring
watercolour and bodycolour

1965 Plants and how they grow
 A Ladybird Natural History Book

1966 Birds and how they live
A Ladybird Natural History Book

1967 Understanding Maps
A Ladybird Book

1967 Understanding Maps 2

1967 Understanding Maps 3

1967 Understanding Maps 4

1967 Understanding Maps 5

1972 What to look for outside a Church
A Ladybird Book
 

1972 What to look for inside a Church
A Ladybird Book

A study of Mona (details not found)

Bredon, Worcestershire
lithograph

Cardiff Castle, Travel by Train, British Railways
lithograph 101.5 x 127 cm

Farm at Twilight (details not Found)

Flying Geese (details not found)