Art
Routh also painted for many years, concentrating on depicting the Queen Victoria of his imagination and nuns, as he claimed to be unable to paint faces, arms or legs. He exhibited regularly in Jamaica, Italy and the United States; as of early 2008, his paintings were also on display in what had been his favourite restaurant, San Lorenzo in Beauchamp Place, London. In March 2008, Routh issued limited editions of his original paintings through Chisholm Gallery.
Routh's paintings of nuns and Queen Victoria were turned into a number of books:
- Jamaica Holiday: The secret life of Queen Victoria. London: Harmony Hall, 1984.
- The Nuns Go to Africa. London: Methuen, 1971.
- The Nuns Go to Penguin Island. London: Methuen, 1971.
- The Nuns Go East. London: Methuen, 1972.
- The Nuns Go West. London: Methuen, 1972.
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