The Mildenhall Treasure – Ralph Steadman Art Collection

Licensing

The artworks displayed in each collection represent a small cross section of what is available. Most of the artwork in the collections is available for license. If you would like to see a complete collection of works, receive more information about the work of Ralph Steadman and how to either license existing work or discuss a new commission, please email info@ralphsteadmanartcollection.com.

In 1946, when he was making a living writing fiction for American magazines, Roald Dahl wrote a true story called The Mildenhall Treasure. It tells how Gordon Butcher, a Suffolk ploughman, uncovered the greatest treasure ever found in the British Isles, a hoard of Roman silver of unparalleled beauty and value. And how, not appreciating what he had discovered, he was cheated out of the fortune that should have been his.

A savage parable of innocence and greed, The Mildenhall Treasure is now republished, superbly illustrated by Ralph Steadman.

Originally published in 1999 by Jonathan Cape.