'Man feels a stomach ache coming on'

'Man feels a stomach ache coming on', a doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord.

'Too much paperwork'

'Too much paperwork', a doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord, 1978.

'Examination Results' a doodle by John Vernon Lord

'Examination Results', a doodle, drawn during a Faculty Board meeting by John Vernon Lord 

on 6 June 1978.

'A piscatorial avian observes the jagged nature of zigzags'

'A piscatorial avian observes the jagged nature of zigzags', a notebook drawing by John Vernon Lord, January 2017

A Catalogue of Life, (an exhibition of JVL’s notebooks and illustrated diaries)

A Catalogue of Life, (an exhibition of JVL’s notebooks and illustrated diaries), 

The Museum of Art and Craft, Ditchling, Sussex.

Showing until April 2017.

'It is what it is', A notebook drawing by John Vernon Lord, 2017.

'It is what it is', A notebook drawing by John Vernon Lord, 2017.

Doodles and Diaries

The title page from the book Doodles and Diaries by John Vernon Lord, published by the Camberwell Press in 1986

Mother Goose crosses Ditchling High Street,

Mother Goose crosses Ditchling High Street, a drawing by John Vernon Lord for a pantomime programme, 2007

A Knifebill, a Forkbill and a Spoonbill

A Knifebill, a Forkbill and a Spoonbill, a drawing by John Vernon Lord, 2017

'Anna Livia Plurabelle', Finnegans Wake by James Joyce,

'Anna Livia Plurabelle', an illustration by John Vernon Lord 

for Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, The Folio Society, 2014.

'Yawn's Inquest', Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

'Yawn's Inquest', an illustration by John Vernon Lord 

for Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, The Folio Society, 2014.

'The Ondt and the Gracehoper', Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

'The Ondt and the Gracehoper', an illustration by John Vernon Lord 

for Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, The Folio Society, 2014.

'Tristan and Isolde', Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

'Tristan and Isolde', an illustration by John Vernon Lord 

for Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, The Folio Society, 2014.

'The Tavern', Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

'The Tavern', an illustration by John Vernon Lord 

for Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, The Folio Society, 2014.