Luddites were bands of workers in England (1811-1816) organized to destroy machinery under the belief that its use diminished employment. Ned Luddite, an 18th century Leicestershire worker originated the idea. Furnival depicts a man's body flattened by a Rube Goldberg like machine with numbers streaming from upper pipes of the machine. Stored in Odds & Sods. Depictd in Furnival's "Lost for Words" (2011 page 138. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The wall text reads, "The road of Excess leads to the Palace of (Wisdom) Willesden. Arbeit Macht Frei!. Shed! Shed! Don't Vote." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is designated Jargon Society Card No.21. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the background material of the many languages used by Furnival for his standing screen, "The Spirit is Breathing." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. This screen of three hinged panels and a moveable panel of the letter "A" with recto-verso imagery is written in several languages with text alluding to the title. The five vowel sounds, especially the "A" are incorporated as major features of the design because vowels are the "only letters in the alphabet that represent sound made by breathing alone." The "A" is made prominent because it symbolizes creation. This standing screen is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) on page 83. However, it is mislabeled as "Vowel Screen" (1986). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a reprinting of the first commercial print that Furnival made after his graduation from the Royal Academy of Art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This print from the Nailsworth series depicts a cottage in the town where the author W.H. Davies lived. The latter glowers from the doorway. In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cover of original portfolio is incomplete because of water damage. Printed by John Furnival. To Catch a Whiteman by His Manifesto' is a portfolio containing experimental typography and concrete poetry made by Dom Sylvester Houedard and his students from Bath Academy of Art. The names of the ten students involved are; Stephen Lowndes, Sue Hudson, Liz Kelly, Jenny Osborne, Angus Davis, Erica Grice, Noelle Stewart, Alan Hext, Paul Ansell and Melody Craig. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image is of a couple ballroom dancing with three other dancing couples in the background. The drawing is surrounded by a border of four inked lines with the word Syndrome written in the left border. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. The print is silkscreened onto Arches 88 paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. This unsigned print is depicted in black on page 36 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This panel depicts a component of Furnival's tower works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. This print is depicted in red in one image and black in another image on page 36 og Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). The Sackner copy is printed in blue ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is from the Nailsworth series and depicts a cottage there in which W.H. Davies lived the last part of his life. Furnival in a letter to the Sackners indicates that "Davies was a very grumpy old bloke, except when it came to children and animals, when he sprang to life." In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Depicts image of a tree that is stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Depicts a stormy looking landscape as part of a series of 11 prints on meteorlogical expressions in Cumbria in collaboration with Jonathan Williams. In The Vocative and Locative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Sketches of female nudes. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Two finger-like objects point at a black circular mass. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.