Dick Whittington: Prepare to Board (Original)

Artist: Nadir Quinto
Medium: Watercolour on Card
Size: 12" x 6" (300mm x 155mm)
Date: c. 1970
Code: Quinto60sDWBig34

This is the unique original Watercolour painting by Nadir Quinto.

Dick Whittington and His Cat is the name of English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354 - 1423), wealthy merchant and thrice Lord Mayor of London, telling a story of how he supposedly escaped his poverty-stricken childhood and made his fortune thanks to the ratting abilities of his cat.

From a colourful adaptation of the legend of Dick Whittington painted the great children's illustrator Nadir Quinto. Source unknown but probably Once Upon A Time or a sister publication about 1970.

• Artist Biography
  Nadir Quinto (1918 - 1994; Milan, Italy)
  Nadir Quinto's contributions to the Thriller Picture Library were strips featuring the adventures of Robin Hood. Nadir Quinto was born in Milan and attended the Accademia di Brera and, immediately after the War, began contributing picture strips to most of the top Italian comic journals such as Dinamite, Albi di Salgari, Festival and L'Intrepido. In 1946 he began drawing and lettering strips for Corrieri dei Piccoli. After his brief time drawing Robin Hood strips for the TPL, he left comics to concentrate on illustration, only to return to drawing strips for the Italian comic journals in the 1970s.