Left to right: Original covers of Goldfinger, Thunderball, and On Her Majesty s Secret Service by Richard Chopping A SPECIAL exhibition is set to celebrate the life and work of the illustrator of the original James Bond book covers. This summer, Salisbury Museum, on the eve of the release of the 25th Bond movie No Time to Die, will feature the life and work of writer, illustrator and teacher Richard Chopping. Chopping, who died in 2008 was best-known for illustrating the original book covers for James Bond. He was a master of the trompe-l oeil technique, producing highly realistic three-dimensional images. It was this distinctive style that led him to be commissioned by Ian Fleming to illustrate nine of the James Bond book covers from 1957 to 1966.