article_snippet: Hundreds of pictures by the illustrator and cartoonist William Heath Robinson have been saved for the nation.
article_snippet: But now William Heath Robinson Trust William Heath Robinson Trust has been awarded a £250,000 grant by the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) and a further £50,000 by the Art Fund to secure the collection for British fans.
article_snippet: Hundreds of pictures by the illustrator and cartoonist William Heath Robinson, including this picture of priests playing rugby, have been saved for the nation .
article_snippet: Olympic cauldron designer Thomas Heatherwick and Nick Park, whose creation Wallace dreams up
article_snippet: And there is an almost complete set of drawings made for How To Build A New World, a book published in 1941 reflecting the hopes and aspirations of Britain in the Second World War.
article_snippet: the collection for British fans will now be displayed at the new Heath Robinson Museum at West House, Pinner, north west London, when the collection for British fans opens in April 2016, also includes rare rough early sketches and advertising commissions.
article_snippet: the collection for British fans joins more than 1,200 items and places safeguarded by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, which exists to save the nation's best heritage in memory of those who gave their lives for the UK, ranging from the Mary Rose ship to a collection of the work of Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing.
article_snippet: With the new museum opening in 2016 and the country marking the centenary of the First World War, there's a renewed interest in Heath Robinson's work and we felt that it was important to keep this collection together for the nation to rediscover and enjoy.'
article_snippet: Geoffrey Beare, of the William Heath Robinson Trust, said: 'These works provide a perfect complement to the William Heath Robinson Trust's existing collection, which is particularly strong in illustration. '
article_snippet: the William Heath Robinson Trust will permit we to mount a broader range of exhibitions in the Cartoon Museum and maintain we programme of touring exhibitions. '
article_snippet: we are proud to become custodians of such an exciting collection of works by one of Britain's best loved artists.'
highlights_snippet: William Heath Robinson Trust has been given £300,000 to buy the artworks .