Book - The Windsor Tapestry

For the past forty years, legendary British political cartoonist Steve Bell has been caricaturing Charles and the Royal family. Steve Bell’s The Windsor Tapestry brings together 98 of these cartoons into a 28-metre long fabric tapestry telling a visual history of Charles III (in the same way the Bayeux Tapestry told the story of King Harold II and King William I, but with a lot less arrows through eyes) from 1980 to the present day, and will exhibited alongside original artworks from Steve's career, and other artists’ depictions of King Charles, including Gerald Scarfe and Kathryn Lamb. The tapestry was originally exhibited in October 2023 was part of the 42nd annual Festival of caricature at the Centre International de la Caricature, du Dessin de Presse et d'Humour in St Just Le Martel near Limoges in France.

Steve Bell is one of the most revered figures in British cartooning, with a career spanning more than four decades and a wealth of iconic images, strips and caricatures of famous public figures, most prominently politicians, behind him. He is notable for his long-running If… strip for The Guardian, which ran from 1981 - 2021. He has produced illustrations and comic strips for many different magazines including Whoopee, Punch, Private Eye, the Radio Times, The Spectator and The Guardian. His work has been published and exhibited all over the world and he has won numerous awards, including the Political Cartoon Society Cartoon of the Year Award in 2001 and 2008 and Cartoonist of the Year in 2005 and 2007, the British Press Awards Cartoonist of the Year in 2002 and the Channel 4 Political Humour Award in 2005.