Blampied's work appeared in only three issue of the magazine in 1927 and the last drawing, published on 8th June, was a reprint of a drawing that had first been published in July 1923 (see left). These were just remnants. Perhaps his imagination was exhausted, and it was time to move on?

The Blampieds sold their house in West Norwood and its contents at an auction on 15th November 1926. They had lived there for only 3 years. He travelled to the south of France, perhaps to work on the Riviera Number of the magazine published on 17th November, and then crossed the Mediterranean to Tunisia, where he and Marianne spent several months visiting places such as Kairouan, Monastir and Sousse. Many of Blampied's drawings in Tunisia are in the Boston Public Library and can be seen here.

Blampied did not return to London until the end of April 1927 and rented a flat in South Kensington, where he lived for the next 10 years. He did very little work for magazines until the Wall Street Crash ended the 'print boom' and he needed a steady source of income again. The last illustration in The Bystander represents the end of a golden period of magazine illustrations by Blampied.

Type: MO = monochrome drawing; CO = colour drawing; PC = political cartoon; the number indicates the number of drawings or pages.

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