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I recently created an illustration for the 140 Series for Lyle & Scott. Here is the promo blurb from them:

“2014 marks 140 years of Lyle & Scott.

To commemorate our heritage, our timeless quality and craftsmanship of the finest apparel, we commissioned 140 artists to create 140 original masterpieces. Each of these works of art represented a year in our 140 successful years.

Lyle & Scott are pleased to introduce to you, Lyle & Scott 140 Series.

We invite you to become the exclusive owner of one of these once-off masterpieces.”

So here is my illustration for the 140 Series:

I must admit this commission was quite challenging as illustration is not something I get to practice often. None the less I had tons of fun doing it and I am quite happy with the end result.

The year I selected to work on was 1952, the year King George VI died and Elizabeth II become Queen. In relation to the 140 years of Lyle & Scott this meant my given number was “78” and so I had to create an illustration depicting this story and including the number 78.

This is the copy that will appear on my final print:
“In 1952 Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 25. It was February 1952 and Princess Elizabeth was enjoying a short break in Kenya with Prince Philip. The pair was relaxing at a game-viewing lodge, the Treetops Hotel ,just over 165km from Nairobi. It was here on 6 February, that the princess became Queen, after George VI passed away in his sleep.”

Sadly this snippet of vital info is barely legible on the bidding website (an oversight on Lyle & Scotts side perhaps?)

Please do go and check out all the illustrations, there are some pretty good ones waiting to be snapped up.

As I mentioned, mine is number 78 (year 1952) – if you like it, you can always bid for it!

Let me know what you think – thanks folks.