Quentin Blake’s Great Ormond Street ‘end of life’ gift for families of dying children

Parents who lost their son commission the illustrator to produce art for a new family room in the children’s hospital

He is one of Britain’s best-loved illustrators; a master draughtsman who has entertained generations of children and adults with anarchic, beguiling observations of life. Decades after he brought to life the Big Friendly Giant and other famous characters from Roald Dahl’s books, Sir Quentin Blake has completed his latest commission for Great Ormond Street Hospital: a series of illustrations created at the request of a young couple who lost their baby aged just 10 days.

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