Fondo CLH - Illustrations by Clifford Harper

1 box

Donated by Clifford Harper 2002-2003

This collection contains original illustrations by Clifford Harper for the Guardian.

Administrative/Biographical history: Clifford Harper was an illustrator for a number of 1970s radical publications, including Undercurrents, Cienfuegos Press Anarchist Review and his self-published Class War Comix, before becoming a regular contributor to the Guardian. He contributed illustrations for the 'Country Diary' column, from November 1996. Harper provided illustrations for the 'Last word' column by philosopher AC Grayling, which appeared in the Guardian from September 1999 to May 2002. He was also a contributor to Readers Digest and the Radio Times. An exhibition of Harper's work, titled Graphic Anarchy, was shown in the Guardian Newsroom in April 2003.

This collection is divided into two sections;

CLH/1 - Original illustrations which accompanied the 'Last word' column, arranged chronologically

CLH/2 - Other original illustrations for the Guardian