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"The Night's Plutonian Shore" (for "The Raven," The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe), William Heath Robinson British, Black pen and black ink, brush and gray and black wash — "The Night's Plutonian Shore" (for "The Raven," The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe)
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Edgar Allan Poe
1900

Illustration for "The Six Dead Secrets" from "Topsy-Turvy Tales", William Heath Robinson British, Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) — Illustration for "The Six Dead Secrets" from "Topsy-Turvy Tales"
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head
ca. 1923

"He looked a fine figure of a frog" (for "Peeriwinki the Puddock" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales"), William Heath Robinson British, Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) — "He looked a fine figure of a frog" (for "Peeriwinki the Puddock" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales")
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
Publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head
ca. 1923

Illustration for "Hanky Panky," Topsy-Turvy Tales, William Heath Robinson British, Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) — Illustration for "Hanky Panky," Topsy-Turvy Tales
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
ca. 1923

"Some Busybody Will Come Along" (for "The Kelpie of Snooziepool" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales"), William Heath Robinson British, Pen and black ink, brush and wash — "Some Busybody Will Come Along" (for "The Kelpie of Snooziepool" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales")
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head
ca. 1923

"Who Got it from the Fruit-woman" (for "Perriwinkie, The Puddock" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales"), William Heath Robinson British, Pen and black ink, brush and wash — "Who Got it from the Fruit-woman" (for "Perriwinkie, The Puddock" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales")
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head
ca. 1923

"They Heard Six Voices Calling Them Back" (for "Two Wee Pogeys" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales"), William Heath Robinson British, Pen and black ink, brush and wash — "They Heard Six Voices Calling Them Back" (for "Two Wee Pogeys" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales")
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head
ca. 1923

"Over Farms and Fields and Rivers and Ponds" (for "Cosy Hokie" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales"), William Heath Robinson British, Pen and black ink, brush and wash — "Over Farms and Fields and Rivers and Ponds" (for "Cosy Hokie" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales")
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head
ca. 1923

"He Made for the Door" (for "The Chocolate Ghost" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales"), William Heath Robinson British, Pen and black ink, brush and wash — "He Made for the Door" (for "The Chocolate Ghost" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales")
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head
ca. 1923

"And in it She Floated Home Safely" (for "Skinnemelink" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales"), William Heath Robinson British, Pen and black ink, brush and wash — "And in it She Floated Home Safely" (for "Skinnemelink" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales")
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head
ca. 1923

"Hitherto I Have Performed it Myself" (for "Six Dead Secrets" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales"), William Heath Robinson British, Pen and black ink, brush and wash — "Hitherto I Have Performed it Myself" (for "Six Dead Secrets" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales")
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head
ca. 1923

"And It Glared at the Dear Old Woman" (for "Hanky Panky" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales"), William Heath Robinson British, Pen and black ink, brush and wash — "And It Glared at the Dear Old Woman" (for "Hanky Panky" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales")
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head
ca. 1923

"The End," tailpiece for "Topsy-Turvy Tales", William Heath Robinson British, Pen and black ink — "The End," tailpiece for "Topsy-Turvy Tales"
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro
Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head
ca. 1923

Aukland, New Zealand, Illustration for "A Song of the English", William Heath Robinson British, Watercolor — Aukland, New Zealand, Illustration for "A Song of the English"
William Heath Robinson
Author Related author Rudyard Kipling
ca. 1909

The Magic Meal (for "The Hat Full of Soldiers," The Strand Magazine, January 1916, pp. 104-105), William Heath Robinson British, Pen and ink on two joined sheets — The Magic Meal (for "The Hat Full of Soldiers," The Strand Magazine, January 1916, pp. 104-105)
William Heath Robinson
ca. 1915

How to Live in a Flat

Author Kenneth Robert Gordon Browne

Illustrator William Heath Robinson

Publisher Hutchinson & Co.

[1936]

How to Make a Garden Grow

Multiple artists/makers

[1938]

How to be a Perfect Husband

Multiple artists/makers

[1937]

How to Run a Communal Home

Multiple artists/makers

[1943]

Let's Laugh!: A Book of Humorous Inventions

Multiple artists/makers

[1939]

A Song of the English

Multiple artists/makers

[1909]

The Poems of Edgar Allen Poe

Multiple artists/makers

1970

The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Multiple artists/makers

1909

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin

Author Written and illustrated by William Heath Robinson

Publisher Minerva Press

1972

The Giant Crab and other Tales from Old India

Author Written by William Henry Denham Rouse

Illustrator William Heath Robinson

Publisher Minerva Press

1973

How To Be A Motorist

Multiple artists/makers

[1939]

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