Alan Aldridge wasp in a wig. Aldridge also created the artwork for "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" by Elton John in 1975. In 1977 he created an advertisement illustration for the Dutch beer brand Heineken. A retrospective "Alan Aldridge – the Man with the Kaleidoscope Eyes" featured at the Design Museum in London from 10 October 2008 to 25 January 2009, and was reviewed as "The trip of a lifetime". ""Aldridge was the 'Guv'nor'...no one comes close to matching his influence on illustration in the 20th Century!..."" – Sir John Betjeman, "The Times Literary Review", 1975. "His Royal Master of
Richard Brown (captain) Richard Brown (captain) Richard Brown (1753 – 1833) or Ritchie Broun in Scots was born in Irvine. He was a sea captain and a one time friend of Robert Burns who is credited by Burns as the being the person who ""encouraged me to endeavour at the character of a Poet."" Richard Brown was born in Irvine, the son of a 'plain mechanic' named William Brown and his wife Jane Whinie. Richard had a wealthy patron who gave him a good education, but the patron died, dashing Brown's chances of bettering his situation in life. He went to sea, where