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Creatures of all shapes, sizes and colours

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Reg Cartwright, surrounded by artwork in his studio, holding a copy of Birds, Beasts and Fishes, 20 August 1992. From the Leicester Mercury Archive of photographic prints, negatives and cuttings, which has recently been deposited with the University of Leicester.  ©Leicester Mercury.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Reg's career in illustration went from strength to strength, with projects as varied as The Canterbury Tales and Birds, Beasts and Fishes.

Creatures of all shapes, sizes and colours