Bradshaw, Percy V.
Written by admin on 14 November, 2009 – 3:49 pm -Percy Venners Bradshaw was born in Hackney in 1877. By the age of 15 he was out of school working as a clerk for an advertising company, and studying at Art School in the evening. He also sold his first illustration to The Boys' Own Paper and was transferred within the advertising company to their art department by the age of 18. He soon left their employment to become a freelance artist and was soon selling his work to the likes of Tatler, The Boys' Own Paper and of course postcard manufacturers / publishers. Bradshaw's postcard work is most associated with the Tuck Company and Misch. Bradshaw died at the ripe old age of 87 in 1965 not so very long after relinquishing control of his Press Art School, which he had founded in 1905. ... more
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