Lord Mayor's Show

Twitter turned up a great find: Searle's design for a Sadler's Wells float as part of the 1967 Lord Mayor's Show. Twitter user @dominic_reid posted the design (click to enlarge) and the video below where we can see the finished design in colour.

Of course Searle depicted valkyries on several occasions

 'Brunhilda'

'Sleeping Valkyrie'

Obsessed with Drawing

Opening next week in Cambridge, England -TWO exhibitions on Ronald Searle. One at the Fitzwilliam Museum and the other at Anglia Ruskin art school, Searle's alma mater. Press release here

The catalogue is available from the museum's website here

Ephemera from Ronald's studio will be on display at the second exhibition at his old art school Anglia Ruskin . . .

Suzanne Morris on Twitter

The following pics are from the Instagram account of illustrator David Hughes

Photo gallery here