Old Beatles

[KARL]

I wonder if anyone saw the painting that suggested how the four Beatles would look, probably by now, i.e. aged, and knows where an image can be found. I thought it might have been a Norman Rockwell work but I can find no trace of it on the internet - my recollection is that when I saw it it might have been published in a magazine sometime between 1964 and 1967. Any suggestions ?

[tonyav]

Is this it ? ( done in 1968 ).
http://cdn8.openculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/beatles64.jpg

[Mamyalynne]

^

The artist was Michael Leonard.

[KARL]

Yes, tonyav and Mamyalynne, I think that might be it although in my mind's eye it was in colour - but we are talking about 50 years ago...... Thank you both

[Canary42]

/// but I can find no trace of it on the internet ///

Perhaps it's been removed from search engines by Paul - seems possible the sort of thing he might do - or his wife maybe !

I've got a very vague recollection of it, but too vague to find it - did spend an enjoyable hour surfing for it - amazing what you find.

[Eleena]

Karl, might you have seen it in the illustrations of Allan Aldridge’s ‘The Beatles Ihttps://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+beatles+illustrated+lyrics+allan+skdridge&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiMvueapYHgAhX0pnEKHXA8AbwQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=the+beatles+illustrated+lyrics+allan+skdridge&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-img.3..30i10.94670.112876..113352...0.0..3.381.6621.16j30j3j2......0....1.........0j0i67j0i8i30j0i24j0i30.vXIWJpipdgk&ei=L_9GXMzqO_TNxgPw-ITgCw&bih=537&biw=375&client=safari&prmd=isvn&hl=en-gbllustrated Lyrics’ ?

[Eleena]

.. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+beatles+illustrated+lyrics+allan+skdridge&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiMvueapYHgAhX0pnEKHXA8AbwQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=the+beatles+illustrated+lyrics+allan+skdridge&;gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-img.3..30i10.94670.112876..113352...0.0..3.381.6621.16j30j3j2......0....1.........0j0i67j0i8i30j0i24j0i30.vXIWJpipdgk&ei=L_9GXMzqO_TNxgPw-ITgCw&bih=537&biw=375&;client=safari&prmd=isvn&hl=en-gb

[Mamyalynne]

Once you know who the artist is (as above) there are many references to it on the net.

eg

//This drawing appeared in Hunter Davies’ 1968 authorized biography The Beatles. I’m not sure why John Lennon was imagined as William Howard Taft, though? It’s perplexing. I thought the walrus was Paul?//

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/when_theyre_64_what_someone_in_1968_thought_the_beatles


It probably appeared in many publications around that time too.

[Eleena]

Going https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=michael+leonard+old+beatles+sketch&tbm=isch&source=univ&hl=en-gb&client=safari&fir=UeP_Xj7KXYTM8M%253A%252CdJ2Rjx8uZ8Cc_M%252C_%253B8Gp43DO-E1CpWM%253A%252C8n9SqBjwF7CulM%252C_%253BGDXav67BdW0YJM%253A%252C8n9SqBjwF7CulM%252C_%253B0KAQteNFBdUnhM%253A%252CQi4v1ZYBVESuvM%252C_%253Bj_GC62ttvQTacM%253A%252CAt6p5A3MZXrCjM%252C_%253BvyBkRvIz3kL2FM%253A%252CWQU4NFhwGUYhBM%252C_%253BdeAvoS6djjj75M%253A%252CdJ2Rjx8uZ8Cc_M%252C_%253BLJ_jUBy7HlrMLM%253A%252CvOgmj319O2_ddM%252C_%253BlKXJv-4EE8-h0M%253A%252ChgjsrJxQ4GIXlM%252C_%253B4_8jhQNu9Zc3gM%253A%252CmddG_yT5kthoCM%252C_&usg=AI4_-kQ6YBWJs7kzj0if_IGALs5XcczW0Q&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3keGBqIHgAhVJQxUIHQXqAJ8Q7Al6BAgKEAI&biw=375&bih=537off Tony’s / mantas info there, also one in colour

[Eleena]

^ Should have read, going off tony and mantas info, a colour version.

[Eleena]

mamyas!