Artist: Barrie Mitchell (biography)
Medium: Pen & Inks on Acid-free Paper
Size: 12" x 17" (310mm x 430mm)
Date: 1979

These are the unique original Pen & Ink drawings by Barrie Mitchell.

Worzel searches for orchids for Aunt Sally and get into an entanglement with a pair of orchid thieves. Worzel's clumsy attempts to foil them pay off!

This illustration featured in issue 31 of Look-in magazine.

Originally created by author Barbara Euphan Todd, living scarecrow Worzel Gummidge had been adapted to radio in the 1930s and television in the 1950s, but he'd largely fallen out of general public's consciousness until a new TV series based on the stories began airing on 25th February 1979, starring John Pertwee. In April 1979 a comic strip based on the character debuted in Look-In.

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