John Skelton MBE FRBS ( 1923 - 1999 ) Watercolour painting titled Tree Guards Glyndebourne 1982 with original artist's label on the back28 cm x 21 cm unframed 40 cm x 32.5 cm framed
John Stephen Skelton MBE FRBS (8 July 1923 – 26 November 1999) was a British letter-cutter and sculptor. Skelton was a nephew of Eric Gill and was first apprenticed to his uncle, shortly before Gill's death. He continued his training under Joseph Cribb.
He was afterwards commissioned to execute the headstone of Edward James at Westdene and his work is at Chichester, Norwich and Salisbury Cathedral. There is a memorial by Skelton in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral
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