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Quentin Blake: 'Even in the age of the iPad and the smart phone, books offer things that they cannot'

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Quentin Blake: 'Even in the age of the iPad and the smart phone, books offer things that they cannot' Shapero Rare Books

Our Quentin Blake exhibition was featured in the November issue of Country Life, with the artist revealing the inspiration behind the show. Affectionately caricaturing the bookish among us, Anthology of Readers featured sixty original pen, ink & watercolour drawings. To read...

Quentin Blake: 'Even in the age of the iPad and the smart phone, books offer things that they cannot' Shapero Rare Books

Our Quentin Blake exhibition was featured in the November issue of Country Life, with the artist revealing the inspiration behind the show.

Affectionately caricaturing the bookish among us, Anthology of Readers featured sixty original pen, ink & watercolour drawings.

To read the full article in Country Life, please click here or the image below

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