Maryport2 Maryport2 20 June 2009 <a href="http://www.animationarchive.org/2007/04/illustration-lawson-wood-monkey-painter.html">Lawson Wood</a> (born 1878) was a prolific illustrator, well known for his ‘humanized’ portrayals of animals used in magazines and children’s books. He did a series of postcards for the Hornflowa plastics company based in Maryport, probably some time in the 1930’s. Hornflowa started out making buttons from hoof and horn - Cumbria is well known for its cattle and dairy industries, and at one time cattle imports from Ireland was big business for the town. My <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/cumbrianblues/PhotoAlbum11.html">2003 commission</a> for North Harbour was a pattered narrative based on the town’s history, and made reference to the cattle trade: