A History of Chocolate (TWO boards) (Signed) (Originals)

A History of Chocolate (TWO boards) art by Jack Keay

A History of Chocolate (TWO boards) (Signed) (Originals)


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Artist: Jack Keay
Medium: Gouaches on Board
Size: 7" x 9" (170mm x 230mm)
Date: 1975
Signature: Signed by artist on the reverse
Code: KeayJackChoc1

These are the Signed unique original Gouache paintings by Jack Keay.

Emperor Montezuma of the Aztecs liked drinking cocoa so much that his servants brought him fifty cups a day.

The second painting is from the same history of the cocoa trade and the rise in popularity of chocolate. It shows a man planting cocoa beans in Ghana.

Although much cocoa is grown in West Africa the crop didn't reach the mainland from the island of Fernando Po until 1879.

The art was published in Look and Learn issue 697, 24th May 1975. Signed by the artist on the reverse.
  • Artist Biography
    Jack "John" Edwin Keay (10 May 1907 - 1999; King's Norton, UK)
    Artist who contributed a variety of illustrations and covers to Look and Learn. When he signed his work, it was usually as “Jack Keay”. Jack Keay was born in King's Norton, Worcestershire, on 10 May 1907. Little is known about Keay's career, but he was a popular book cover artist who worked for Pan, Panther, Hutchinson, Fontana and Four Square in the 1957-62 period.

    Keay illustrated a number of books in the 1970s and 1980s, including The Change of Life by Muriel E. Landau (1971), Gunfighters of the Wild West by Eric Inglefield (1978), American Civil War by Philip Clark (1988), American War of Independence by Philip Clark (1988) and Viking Explorers by Rupert Matthews (1989). He died in Hounslow, London, in 1999, aged 92.

    Jack Keay is not to be mistaken for John R. Keay (qv) who also contributed to Look and Learn.
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