The Treasure Hunters (Original)

The Treasure Hunters art by Neville Dear

The Treasure Hunters (Original)


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Artist: Neville Dear
Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board
Size: 9" x 6" (240mm x 155mm)
Date: 1972
Code: DearSinkingLL

This is the unique original Pen & Ink Wash by Neville Dear.

The Treasure Hunters: Spain's Sunken Plunder. A huge convoy of Spanish ships bringing gold and silver from across the seas sank in Vigo Bay after a battle with the Dutch and British fleets in 1702.

Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 576 (27 January 1973). Please note there is glue residue not visible just off the image to the right of the board, this is reflected in the price.
  • Artist Biography
    Neville Dear; UK
    A prolific artist for Look and Learn, illustrating a wide variety of historical subjects and various series including 'Disasters That Shook the World' (1963), 'By the Rivers of Babylon' (1964), 'They Made Headlines' (1964), 'Epic Stories of the Iron Road' (1965) and others. In 1949, Dear and two other students from the Royal College of Art were commissioned to decorate the walls of the children's section of the Chelsea Public Library.

    In the 1950s he began producing illustrations for William Collins, including work for Collins' Magazine, Collins Boys' Annual and books, including Showell Styles' 'Tiger Patrol' series.

    As well as his magazine illustrations for Look and Learn, Ranger, Argosy, Picture Post and others, Dear also worked for Oxford University Press, Wheaton, Hodder & Stoughton, Corgi, and Eyre Methuen. With others he illustrated The Hamlyn Bible for Children (1974) and he was a regular illustrator for Reader's Digest's condensed books.
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