ERIC PULFORD STARTED HIS CAREER AS A COMMERCIAL ARTIST IN 1944 WITH DOWNTONS AGENCY DESIGNING POSTERS FOR COLUMBIA, RANK, UNITED ARTISTS AND DISNEY STUDIOS. PERHAPS HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK IS HIS DEPICTION OF SEAN CONNERY AS JAMES BOND ON THE BRITISH QUAD POSTER FOR FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, 1963 (LOT 247) WHICH HE WORKED ON IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ITALIAN ARTIST RENATO FRATINI, AND WHICH HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST ENDURING IMAGES OF JAMES BOND.