Dudley Dexter Watkins
drawings and illustrations from Boots' staff magazine 'The Beacon' 1923

In 1923, when he was aged 15, Dudley Watkins took a job working in the Window Display Department of the Boots Pure Drug Company in Nottingham. During his time there he provided several illustrations to be included in the Boots staff magazine The Beacon. The following images are the ones that are known to have been published.

The Beacon - front cover - March 1923
Front cover of The Beacon dated March 1923
(this is not a Watkins painting but this issue contains Watkins' first known published work)

 

As the twig bends so the tree inclines - The Beacon - March1923
Watkins' first published illustration from The Beacon dated March 1923

 

Dudley Watkins page fron The Beacon - March 1923
A short Dudley biog. from The Beacon dated March 1923

 

The Beacon - August 1923 - front cover painting by Dudley Watkins
Watkins provided this painting for the front cover of The Beacon dated August 1923

 

Stop - from The Beacon - August 1923
an illustration from The Beacon dated August 1923

 

Our Gymnastic Class - from The Beacon - October 1923
Our Gymnastic Class from The Beacon dated October 1923

 

The Dancing Class - from The Beacon - December 1923
The Dancing Class from The Beacon dated December 1923

 

Footballs or Roses - The Dancing Class - from The Beacon - December 1923
an illustration from The Beacon dated December 1923

 

All The Worlds A Stage - from The Beacon - December 1923
an illustration and poem from The Beacon dated December 1923


My thanks to the Boots Group PLC, Company Archives Team, Nottingham
 for providing scans of these rare illustrations


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