Lynton Lamb

Lynton ("Larry") Lamb RDI, FSRA, FSIA (15 April 1907 – 4 September 1977) was an English artist-designer, author, lithographer and illustrator who was notable for his book jacket, poster, architectural decoration and postage stamp designs.

In 1953–54 he designed the Queen Elizabeth II Castle series high-value definitive stamps issue featuring views of four castles in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland framed by an old stone wall later nicknamed the 'broken grotto'.

In 2005, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the stamps' issue, the Post Office re-issued the designs with new values.

The Royal Mint featured the same designs on a set of silver ingots issued in 2006.

Lamb was the Author of the Inspector Charles Glover Detective stories, Death of a Dissenter, Worse Than Death, Picture Frame and Man in a Mist, published by Victor Gollancz, London, between 1969 and 1974.