Comments on: Happy Birthday, Edward Bawden!

By: Catherine Aldred

Catherine Aldred — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:25:35 +0000

I have, just this week, been commissioned to illustrate Smithfield Market in connection with a campaign to preserve it in its wonderful entirety during its redevelopment. I hope I can do it justice. I have always been a great fan of Bawden and find his work very inspirational.

By: Jayne Rose

Jayne Rose — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 06:42:02 +0000

I am looking for a print of Edward Bawden’s Smithfield Market.
Could you help me where I could find this please?
Thank you

By: Eliza S

Eliza S — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:29:01 +0000

As I read your delightful tales of Spitalfields, on the wall beside me is a print of Borough Market and Southwark Cathedral by Edward Bawden. Borough Market and Spitalfields being two of my favourite areas in London as I seem drawn to markets and old buildings. My grandfather had two stalls in Smithfield market but died long before I was born….so maybe I should get a print of Bawden’s Smithfield to make a pair. Keep up your lovely writing

By: Wendy H

Wendy H — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:08:08 +0000

I look forward to my daily visit to Spitalfields which I am discovering, with great pleasure, through your writings. I was doubly delighted today to sign in and find your post was about Edward Bawden, my favourite artist, whose work never ceases to inspire and delight me. Next time I am in London I will certainly visit Pentreaths. Thankyou!

By: Neil Philip

Neil Philip — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:59:55 +0000

Edward Bawden was one of the great cat artists, among so much else. I think my favourite Bawden cat image is the late linocut (c.1983) entitled My Cat Wife or a Midnight Snack, in which a sheepish Bawden hides behind the sheets while the cat wife reaches nonchalantly to the floor to scoop up a passing mouse. He must have been familiar with the similar wood engraving made in the late 20s by Tirzah Garwood (who was to marry Eric Ravilious), Wife into Cat.