Heath Robinson: Contraptions

Showing the ingenuity of their creator and the humour for which he is best remembered, these 180 images feature some of Heath Robinson’s most elaborate contraptions. In addition to specialist inventions for Stiltonising cheese, testing artificial teeth, or extinguishing a bedside bomb the collection touches on social issues, with cartoons such as The Folding Garden and Space economy in a suburban maisonette mocking modern living.