The BFG in Pictures
South Gallery, House of Illustration
24 June – 2 October 2016
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
5 November 2016 – 5 February 2017
Aiete Cultural Center (facsimiles)
2 December 2016 – 12 February 2017
Nuneaton
4 March – 4 June 2017
The Burton, Bideford
15 July – 2 October 2017
River & Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames
19 October 2017 – 21 January 2018
The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury
3 March – 20 May 2018
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
14 July – 30 September 2018
Torre Abbey, Torbay (facsimiles)
8 June – 1 September 2019
York Art Gallery
12 October 2018 – 24 February 2019
Cleethorpes Library (facsimiles)
28 October 2019 – 2 January 2020
Turner House, Penarth (facsimiles)
20 May – 6 June 2021
Babylon Gallery, Ely
19 November 23 December 2021
St Albans Cathedral (facsimiles)
7 – 27 January 2022
Flax Gallery, Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey (facsimiles)
3 – 29 March 2022
Gala Gallery, Durham (facsimiles)
16 April – 25 June 2022
Grosvenor Museum (facsimiles)
11 July – 4 October 2022
Knole House, Sevenoaks (facsimiles)
13 October – 23 December 2022
Never-before-seen illustrations for Roald Dahl’s famous tale
This display showed original Quentin Blake illustrations created The BFG by Roald Dahl.
It contained 40 original artworks, including unpublished illustrations of The BFG which had never been exhibited in public before.
The illustrations were included in first designs but were not used when the book was published for the first time in 1982. They provide a unique insight into the character development of one of the most iconic characters in children's literature.
These unpublished illustrations were exhibited alongside the final illustrations for the book, providing a fascinating insight into the collaboration between author and illustrator, and a glimpse of a BFG that might have been.
"The House of Illustration has been knocking it out the park with its exhibitions recently, and we're expecting this to be another home run" Londonist
The BFG in Pictures at House of Illustration, 2016
BFG in Pictures at House of Illustration © Paul Grover
The BFG in Pictures at House of Illustration, 2016
BFG in Pictures at House of Illustration © Paul Grover
The BFG in Pictures at House of Illustration, 2016
BFG in Pictures at House of Illustration © Paul Grover