In 1945 he was commissioned to illustrate Bleak House (though these were not published until 1983) where he studied Victorian dress and concentrated on producing portraits of the characters. These were created using a mix of wash and pencil, charcoal and lithographic chalk.(9)

He also produced many observational drawings on the streets of London to which he referred as ‘Head-Hunting’. These drawings of the people he saw formed the basis for his characters such as the Mad Hatter in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, whom he apparently found in a telephone booth.(10)