The Ark & The Angel reserved a hangover from the era

a hangover from the era of Victorian genre paintings but a very modern painting for 1889

Described as the ‘Grandfather of British illustration’ (thank you Chris Beetles) his economy of line was said to have modernised his trade and certainly influenced the next generation of cartoonists from Frank Reynolds to David Low

looking back to the 1880s rather than the 1920s when it was probably painted

During the Great Depression Levenson had joined the federal Works Progress Administration

this has the essence of a book cover – only really making sense in the context of the title and narrative within

The Ark & The Angel reserved a hangover from the era