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Ben Jack Townend Snip from the story of a lonely steamroller, until Ben meets Matilda. One of a handful of Jack Townend books published by Faber in the mid 1940s, and lithographed at The Baynard Press. #jacktownend #ben #steamroller #baynardpress #lithography #surfacepattern

T for Trucks Jack Townend From his wartime Railway ABC, published for Faber and lithographed at The Baynard Press where Townend was advised to turn to by Freedman, who had taught Townend at the Ruskin School of Art. #abc #t #tfortrucks #jacktownend #baynardpress #autolithography #faber

... Into a dark forest with trees so tall Jack Townend Detail from his wartime lithographed book, Jenny The Jeep, one of a series he illustrated for Faber & Faber, all of which were printed at the Baynard Press. Baynard tended to be the favoured Press of Faber's chiefly because of their connections with Barnett Freedman who lithographed such a number of their jackets. #jacktownend #faber&faber #jennythejeep #aurolithograph #baynardpress #barnettfreedman

Button Hole sewing Jack Townend Aurolithograph from The Clothes We Wear. Townend studied at the Anglia School of Art, in Oxford, during the 30s where he was taught by Barnett Freedman and Ravilious was a visiting teacher. Shirley Hughes also attended there after the war. #jacktownend #theclotheswewear #puffinpicturebook #autolithography #oxford #barnettfreedman #ravilious

The Clothes We Wear. Jack Townend. Lithographed page from his Puffin Picture Book. Townend studied under Barnett Freedman at the Ruskin School of Art and the influences are evident here. #jacktownend #theclotheswewear #barnettfreedman #puffinpicturebook