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John Woodbridge and Eric Fraser

My late husband, John Woodbridge, as a young art student

studying at Kingston School of Art helped paint the Eric Fraser

mural which appeared in the “Origins of the Peoples” pavilion

at the Festival. My husband was a friend of Eric Fraser’s son,

Geoffrey, and an admirer of Eric Fraser’s work, particularly his

pen and ink illustrations which appeared frequently in and on

the front cover of the Radio Times from the mid 1920s

onwards. My husband was proud to be involved in painting the

mural for the Festival. He went on to become a commercial

artist himself, most notably creating the design and layout and

much of the art work for the gardening “Expert” series of books

 written by D.G. Hessayon.

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I enclose a copy of two pages from a booklet entitled “Eric

Fraser A n Illustrator of our time” which accompanied an

exhibition of Eric Fraser’s work on a tour of Great Britain from

1991-1993, showing the mural and 6 photos of my husband,

Eric Fraser and another student working on it. I think it is

interesting to note from the text how Guinness and Mr Therm,

the gas industry’s logo which Eric Fraser created in 1931, took 

the opportunity to promote themselves while supporting the

Festival.

Sylvia Woodbridge

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