12 JUNE 1982, page 23

Chiaroscuro

Peter Quennell Hog a rth Arthur Boyd Houghton Paul (Gordon Fraser £19.50) I llustration is evidently a dead art. Very few modern English draughtsmen ha ve yet increased our......

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