James Arnold (author & artist)

James Arnold (1909–1999) was an English commercial artist who developed a passion for the wagons that he saw on his cycling tours of the countryside in the pre- and post-War years. He set about producing painstakingly accurate measured drawings and watercolours of all the main regional types that he came across and these he included in a series of books beginning with The Joyous Wheel (Hamish Hamilton, 1940) and including The Farm Waggons of England and Wales (John Baker, 1969).

Other publications included:

• The Countryman’s Workshop, Phoenix House, 1953.
• The Shell Book of Country Crafts, John Baker, 1968.
• All Made by Hand, John Baker, 1970.
• Farm Waggons and Carts, David & Charles, 1977.
• All Drawn by Horses, David & Charles, 1979.

As illustrator:

• Herring, Maisie. Shropshire, Paul Elek, 1949.
• Peel, J. H. B. (John Hugh Brignal), The Chilterns, Paul Elek, 1950.
• Edwards, Tudor. Warwickshire, Paul Elek, 1950.

External links

• London Transport Museum—an example of Arnold's commercial art