# Robert Micklewright

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English artist

**Robert Flavell Micklewright** [RWS](/source/Royal_Watercolour_Society) (1923–2013) was a British artist, illustrator and designer. He worked as a [freelancer](/source/Freelancer) and designed [dust jackets](/source/Dust_jacket) for books by [C. P. Snow](/source/C._P._Snow) and [V. S. Naipaul](/source/V._S._Naipaul), and posters for [London Transport](/source/London_Transport_(brand)). According to *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, his work was "always of a high standard".[1]

Micklewright was born in [West Bromwich](/source/West_Bromwich), Staffordshire, the son of an illustrator, G. P. Micklewright, and Olive, née Flavell.[2][3][4] He trained at the [Croydon School of Art](/source/Croydon_College) in the late 1930s.[3] In [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he served in the [Rifle Brigade](/source/Rifle_Brigade), seeing action in North Africa, Italy, and Greece. His company commander was the glass engraver [Laurence Whistler](/source/Laurence_Whistler).[2][3]

After the war, Micklewright trained at [Wimbledon School of Art](/source/Wimbledon_College_of_Arts) from 1947 to 1949 and the [Slade School of Fine Art](/source/Slade_School_of_Fine_Art) from 1949 to 1952.[3] The Slade's focus was on [fine art](/source/Fine_art) and, according to Micklewright, "wasn't a lot of use to ordinary mortals like myself".[2]

Micklewright worked freelance and designed dust jackets for book publishers, [Royal Mail](/source/Royal_Mail) [stamp](/source/Postage_stamp) books, illustrations for the *[Radio Times](/source/Radio_Times)*, posters for [London Transport](/source/London_Transport_(brand)), and paintings for companies including [Shell](/source/Shell_plc) and [Gulf Oil](/source/Gulf_Oil).[3] He created at least four posters for London Transport from 1968 to 1977, including *Epping Forest* in 1968, *Kenwood House* in 1975,[5] and *Marble Hill House* in 1977.[6] His 1970 London Transport poster for *Ham House* is in the permanent collection of the [Victoria & Albert Museum](/source/Victoria_%26_Albert_Museum), London.[7]

Micklewright designed book dust jackets for various authors, including [C. P. Snow](/source/C._P._Snow), [David Caute](/source/David_Caute), [Paul Hyde Bonner](/source/Paul_Hyde_Bonner), [Hubert Bagster](/source/Hubert_Bagster), [Malcolm Saville](/source/Malcolm_Saville), and [V. S. Naipaul](/source/V._S._Naipaul).[2] He designed the cover art for Naipaul's first novel, *[The Mystic Masseur](/source/The_Mystic_Masseur_(novel))*, in 1957,[8] and for his second, *[The Suffrage of Elvira](/source/The_Suffrage_of_Elvira)*, in 1958, both for [André Deutsch](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Deutsch).[9]

Micklewright married while a student at the Slade and lived in the hamlet of [Mogador](/source/Mogador%2C_Surrey), Surrey. He died in 2013.[2][3]

## Gallery

		- *[The Mystic Masseur](/source/The_Mystic_Masseur)* by [V. S. Naipaul](/source/V._S._Naipaul), cover illustration by Robert Micklewright

		- *[The Suffrage of Elvira](/source/The_Suffrage_of_Elvira)* by [V. S. Naipaul](/source/V._S._Naipaul), cover illustration by Robert Micklewright

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-The_Observer_1-0)** Salisbury, Martin (21 October 2017). ["The persuasive art of the dust jacket"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/21/persuasive-art-of-the-book-dust-jacket). *The Observer*. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Salisbury_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Salisbury_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Salisbury_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Salisbury_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Salisbury_2-4) Salisbury, Martin (2017). [*The illustrated dust jacket, 1920-1970*](https://books.google.com/books?id=EAZ5AQAACAAJ). London. pp. 132–133. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780500519134](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780500519134). Retrieved 18 September 2022.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Art_UK_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Art_UK_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Art_UK_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Art_UK_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Art_UK_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Art_UK_3-5) ["Robert Flavell Micklewright"](https://artuk.org/discover/artists/micklewright-robert-flavell-19232013). *[Art UK](/source/Art_UK)*. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-isfdb.org_4-0)** ["Summary Bibliography: Robert Micklewright"](https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?211448). *isfdb.org*. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LT_Museum_5-0)** ["Epping Forest, by Robert Flavell Micklewright, 1968"](https://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/epping-forest-small-18811). *London Transport Museum*. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Marble Hill House - Micklewright"](https://www.originalrailwayposters.co.uk/product/marble-hill-house-micklewright). *originalrailwayposters*. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-V&A_7-0)** ["Poster 1970 (issued)"](https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O686640/poster-micklewright-robert-flavell/). *Victoria & Albert Museum*. 5 August 1970. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Naipaul, V. S. (2002). [*The mystic masseur ; &, Miguel Street*](https://books.google.com/books?id=DoivxDKYUAcC&dq=Robert+Micklewright+naipaul&pg=PP2). London: Picador. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780330487122](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780330487122). Retrieved 25 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Jonkers_Rare_Books_9-0)** ["The Suffrage of Elvira"](https://www.jonkers.co.uk/rare-book/7397/the-suffrage-of-elvira/v-s-naipaul). *Jonkers Rare Books*. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

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