Worsley, John
Two original story board illustrations for the 1972 Anglia Television adaptation of Treasure Island, watercolour, mounted, signed and dated.
Worsley was one of the youngest war artists of WWII and took part in landings in Sicily and Italy, where he was captured accompanying a group of saboteurs. He recorded prison life and created a dummy prisoner to aid in an escape attempt. "Albert" even had blinking eyes, created with a pendulum fashioned from a sardine can. After the war he became a portrait artist for the Royal Navy, before gaining a job with Eagle (and its distaff counterpart Girl), for which his most popular strip was P.C. 49. His resume became increasingly varied with work as a Scotland Yard police artist and the Presidency of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. Perhaps his most imaginative work came in the field of family entertainment and he produced large plates for Anglia's adaptations of Wind in the Willows, Treasure Island, Christmas Carol and The Little Grey Men. He also illustrated numerous books, including his own wartime memoirs.
This adaptation of Treasure Island was evidently presented in a "storybook" fashion, with still-frames and a narration by Paul Honeyman, with Worsley providing the illustrations.