# Lynton Lamb
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{{short description|English artist and illustrator (1907–1977)}}
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'''Lynton''' ("Larry") '''Lamb''' [RDI](/source/Royal_Designers_for_Industry), [FSRA](/source/Royal_Society_for_the_encouragement_of_Arts%2C_Manufactures_%26_Commerce), FSIA (15 April 1907 – 4 September 1977) was an English artist-designer, author, [lithographer](/source/lithography) and illustrator who was notable for his [book jacket](/source/book_jacket), [poster](/source/poster), architectural decoration and postage stamp designs.[{{cite book|year=2005|author=Royal Mail |title= The First Elizabeth II Castle High Value Definitives|publisher=Royal Mail}}][{{cite book|year=1978|author= George Mackies|title= Lynton Lamb, Illustrator|publisher=Scolar Press}}]
==Life and work==
Lamb was born the son of [The Reverend](/source/The_Reverend) Frederick Lamb in [Nizamabad, Telangana](/source/Nizamabad%2C_Telangana), [India](/source/India). He grew up in London, and was educated at [Kingswood School](/source/Kingswood_School), [Bath, Somerset](/source/Bath%2C_Somerset). He then worked in an [Estate Agents](/source/Estate_Agents) office and attended night school at [Camberwell School of Art](/source/Camberwell_School_of_Art) before studying art full-time at the [Central School of Arts and Crafts](/source/Central_School_of_Arts_and_Crafts).
From 1930 he designed book jackets and bindings for the [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) and other publishers, with a break for military service during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) when he designed [camouflage](/source/camouflage). One title was [Elizabeth Goudge](/source/Elizabeth_Goudge)'s ''The Middle Window'' (Gerald Duckworth, 1935). In 1936 he had an exhibition of paintings at the [Storran Gallery](/source/Storran_Gallery).right|150px|thumb|Postage stamp designed by Lynton Lamb
Lamb provided the illustrations for the first editions of ''A German Idyll''[{{Cite web|title=A German Idyll :: HE Bates|url=https://hebates.com/library/a-german-idyll|access-date=2021-10-17|website=hebates.com}}] (1932) by [H. E. Bates](/source/H._E._Bates), and [Flora Thompson](/source/Flora_Thompson)'s novel ''[Lark Rise](/source/Lark_Rise)''[{{cite book | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lTbyAQAAQBAJ&q=lynton+lamb&pg=PT149 | title=Dreams of the Good Life | publisher=Allen Lane | author=Mabey, Richard | year=2014 | isbn=978-1846142789 | chapter=Chapter 12}}] (1939) – the first part of what would become her ''[Lark Rise to Candleford](/source/Lark_Rise_to_Candleford)'' trilogy.
He designed decorations for [Orient Lines](/source/Orient_Steam_Navigation_Company) ships from 1935 to 1950, exhibited works at the [Festival of Britain](/source/Festival_of_Britain) in 1951 and designed the binding of the Bible used at the [Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II](/source/Coronation_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II). In 1953–54 he designed the [Queen Elizabeth II](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II) [Castle series](/source/Castle_series_stamps) high-value definitive stamps issue featuring views of four castles in England, [Scotland](/source/Scotland), [Wales](/source/Wales) and [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland) framed by an old stone wall later nicknamed the 'broken grotto'.