The Customs Officer Illustrations by John Berry

 

I was going to show a FEW examples of John Berry's illustrations for this 1972 edition of "People at Work" The Customs Officer book, but I would up scanning ALL of his paintings, along with Max Dunstone's text. I really like these dramatic moments from the life of a customs officer in the United Kingdom. Some beautiful work by the prolific Mr. Berry, who was the go-to artist for a number of these People at Work series of books. 

 

John Berry (1920 - 2009) was an official war artist from 1941 to 1944. Perhaps most famously he came up with the Esso tiger in 1951. Berry began working for Ladybug Books in the late 1950s, illustrating 35 books. He was also a commercial artist for magazines, as well as a portrait painter.