Available for sale is a quality  RARE original commercial advertising 'cartoon'  for a Silk advert  by  William Leigh Ridgewell (1881-1937)

William Leigh Ridgewell was born in Brighton on 8 September 1881, the son of William Ridgewell, a commercial traveller and talented amateur illustrator. On leaving Brighton Grammar School, he became apprenticed to an engraver, and from him learned Heraldic Art, Lithographic Drawing and Seal Engraving. In his spare time, he studied at Brighton School of Art and took a correspondence course in black-and-white illustration. His first publications, at the age of seventeen, were six postcards, and he subsequently worked as a freelance commercial artist producing advertisements and posters.

From the outbreak of the First World War, Ridgewell served in India (1914-19), teaching Lithography to Sepoys and designing posters for the India War Loan and for recruitment purposes. While there, he also drew cartoons and sketches for India Ink and The Looker-On. Back in Britain, he established himself as an illustrator and - particularly - a cartoonist, contributing to numerous periodicals, including the Bystander, the Humorist, London Opinion, Passing Show and Punch. er's artistic profession and painted landscapes, pastoral scenes and pictures of rustic genre in oil and watercolour.

Information from Chris Beetles galley

Condition  mild soiling turned up corner at base  depressed mark in page so needs a press

POSTAGE+PACKING:- Postage packing portion depends on size with non uk included in the ebay Global Shipping

  Terms & Conditions. . the boring bits

INFORMATION:-They are all as per image in both age and condition I do not sell copies and include flat UK postage for all larger and earlier items google heatons-of-tisbury/ hence rosatheatons. Items will also be available at the shop and may be removed without notice if sold there. eBay also now sees less that 5 stars as a failure on businesses and financially penalises us. Extra Photographs on request please send a direct email as the new ebay system does not always forward them but does compress them to add their logo ! . . . email address below in business information.

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I will fit in with specific requests . Some special sized items occasionally take a few days to pack and find best option as often cheaper if consignment is split especially if over 2kg as the cost triples. . . If an item is wrong it can be returned for a refund BEFORE feedback is left. ** Phone number is requested for paypal as if sending via courier you are then informed by UPS rather than a horrid note saying in barn etc for larger items**
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