Old Mother Shipton (Signed) (Original)

Artist: Richard Hook
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 11" x 14" (280mm x 360mm)
Date: 1971
Signature: Signed by artist lower right
Code: HookShiptonLL

This is the Signed unique original Gouache painting by Richard Hook.

The Devil's Child. Mother Shipton welcomes three guests. The three men were messengers from Cardinal Wolsey who, feeling that Henry VIII was turning against him had set off for York. Mother Shipton had supposedly prophesised that he would not reach the city. He was in fact stopped six miles short by Lord Northampton and died while being escorted back to London.

The feature goes on to tell how later forgers added to her prophesies to suit their own ends. This is a marvellous painting by Richard Hook with the contrasting features of the three visitors, the old lady and indeed her well-groomed cat.

Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 521 (8 January 1972).

• Artist Biography
  Richard Hook (1938 - January 2010; UK)
  Richard Hook was born in 1938 and trained at Reigate College of Art. After national service with 1st Bn, Queen's Royal Regiment, he became art editor of the much-praised magazine Finding Out during the 1960s.
  
  He then went on to work as a freelance illustrator, earning an international reputation for his deep knowledge of Native American material culture.
  
  He provided many illustrations, predominantly scenes from British history and daily life, for Look and Learn magazine during the 1960s and 1970s and illustrated more than 50 titles for Osprey, contributing to these books for over 30 years. Sadly Richard passed away in January 2010.