Below are a selection of commissioned illustrations I did for a Cornish family archive.
One of the family ancestors played cricket for England in the mid 1800s. The outfits may look a bit like something from
A Clockwork Orange, but cricket players once dressed like this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6-Ee08MFLE1-ECOq2RCqyp-Mr8Q5DQWPA3reAZFFnvmOSCXyiYhUm9XBmMAq-V015VBWY-zNx6gKnoeIMG4uGIKu_gFVOSh2CmjcUCHqTX2wn6Xi3b5Yyv1u0I1ikeV4t3-xGw0rOYHj/s400/Blog+Cricket3.jpg)
Another family ancestor was taken to court by her own son in the late 1700s -
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnRJECmNyJpga3HSSf81OuuQKfSr_1oIpfc7JXzadypCWY5lbB1bIzLxQoB2vB4eni73EMDtpC1lVXyfJg2XCQ5pWIEWF0UtZhweNd_rgzNY3J6bzSKvEHLkCDg12B7C8Xf-R9GRJH41s/s400/SarahMugshot.jpg)
...and another was a successful businessman and merchant in the 1600s. This character has been the most challenging and awkward of all of them to draw.