John Strickland Goodall was a well-known illustrator and watercolourist, whose career spanned virtually the whole of the last century. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Academy Schools before starting his working life as an illustrator for the Radio Times.

Goodall achieved fame for his witty line drawings for Dora Saint's quintessentially English ‘Miss Read' series of children's books. His talent for evocative ‘period' detail of English life could also be seen in his watercolours - exemplified by a popular series of ‘wordless' picture books, such as ‘An Edwardian Holiday', which drew on memories of his own turn-of-the-century childhood.

Lawn Cottage in Wiltshire was the artist's home for much of his life and became famous in its own right as the subject of a best-selling jigsaw puzzle, based on another Goodall watercolour. Our version is a touching and accomplished evocation of the artist's home life: Goodall's studio can be seen to the left of the cottage and the artist himself - walking his dog - to the right.