FRANK REYNOLDS (British 1876-1953) The Wedge Teas, c. 1920-30

Pen, ink, ink wash on card, 9 ½ x 7 ½ in.

Frank Reynolds began contributing to Punch magazine 1906 and was regularly published there during World War I, especially noted for anti-Kaiser illustrations. He succeeded F. H. Townsend as its Art Editor — a collection of nearly 200 of his illustrations is in their archives. He is also well known for illustrations in several books by Dickens, including David Copperfield (c1911), The Pickwick Papers (c1912), and The Old Curiosity Shop (c1913.) A member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours from 1903 his work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He became well known in the 1930s and through the Second World War for characters called The Bristlewoods.