1951 · Williams
Snooks
Suburban back garden, white two-storey house with steep green shingled roof and brick chimney, white picket fence, black victorian lamp post, washing line of hanging jerseys, turf lawn with a flower border and turquoise sky with white clouds.
- Year
- 1951
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Gordon Horlick
- Art
- George Molentin
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- turquoise
- green
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: snooks title in huge yellow letters covered with red polka dots slanted across turquoise sky, blonde girl with long plait bending forward offering red rose to hovering bumblebee surrounded by swarm of cartoon bees, white two-storey house with steep green shingled roof, washing line strung across with nine coloured jerseys numbered 100-900, seven stylised flowers in green lawn each bearing white numeral, navy watering can
The single most memorable element is a girl with a long blonde plait bending forward to offer a red rose to a hovering bumblebee, surrounded by a swarm of about five oversized cartoon bees. A washing line strung across the whole width of the artwork carries nine little jerseys in different colours, each printed with its own value from 100 to 900. The title is rendered in huge yellow letters covered in red polka dots, slanted across a turquoise sky. Seven brightly coloured stylised flowers in the foreground grass each carry a large white numeral, and a navy watering can sits at the bottom right corner.
Setting
- Suburban back garden
- White two-storey house with steep green shingled roof and brick chimney
- White picket fence
- Black victorian lamp post
- Washing line of hanging jerseys
- Turf lawn with a flower border
- Turquoise sky with white clouds
Symbols
- Nine numbered jerseys on a washing line
- Seven flowers each bearing a white numeral
- Red rose
- Watering can
- Green roof panel serving as a score grid with numerals 1 to 9
- Brick chimney
- Green window shutters
- Picket fence
Lettering
- Very large slanted capital letters in bright yellow filled with red polka dots and outlined in black, arcing across the turquoise sky; a smaller red cursive script wordmark with black outline sits above it at the top left; the word millions appears in small yellow capitals on the green roof panel above two rows of large multicoloured numerals outlined in white and black
Themes
- Suburban garden
- Garden flowers
- Washing line
- Bees and butterflies
- Lawn bowls flower numbers
Title on it
- Snooks
Text on it
- Williams
- SNOOKS
- MILLIONS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 100 000
- 200 000
- 300 000
- 400 000
- 500 000
- 600 000
- 700 000
- 800 000
- 900 000
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young blonde woman with a long plait over her shoulder, magenta short-sleeved top, dark navy knee-length skirt, white socks and yellow sandals, bending forward with left arm stretched back and right hand holding a red rose |
| Animal | Black cat sitting upright on the white picket fence at far left, yellow eyes |
| Animal | Large yellow-and-black bumblebee with a red face hovering directly in front of the rose |
| Animal | Second bumblebee with red head flying in front of the house windows |
| Animal | Third bumblebee in front of the white wall to the right of the girl |
| Animal | Fourth bumblebee low over the lawn at left of centre |
| Animal | Fifth bumblebee low over the lawn at right of centre |
| Animal | Yellow butterfly with black-edged wings over the flower border at centre |
| Animal | Blue and red bird in flight at centre right |
| Animal | Yellow bird in flight at right edge above the flowers |
Bright flat-colour cartoon suburban garden scene under a turquoise-blue sky. A blonde young woman with a long plait stands left of centre, leaning forward with one arm outstretched behind her and the other hand holding a single red rose, as if offering it to the bees; she wears a magenta short-sleeved top, a dark navy knee-length skirt, white socks and yellow sandals. Behind her is a white two-storey house with a steep green shingled roof, a brick-patterned chimney, green shutters and a white picket fence. A black Victorian lamp post stands mid-left, and a black cat sits on the fence. Nine small jerseys hang on a washing line strung across the middle, each printed with a score value. A row of oversized yellow letters with red polka dots and black outline fills the upper left, over a red script company wordmark; a green roof panel carries two rows of large coloured numerals. The lower third is green lawn with seven stylised flowers, each centred on a white number, and a navy watering can with an orange handle at bottom right. Cartoon bees, butterflies and birds are scattered through the scene.