13 Facts About Percy Bradshaw

Percy Bradshaw was born in Hackney, part of London, on 27 November 1877, the son of William Bradshaw, a warehouseman, and his wife Frances Ann.

Percy Bradshaw was baptised in Dover on 27 January 1878.

Percy Bradshaw attended Newport Road School in Leyton where he reached fourth class.

Percy Bradshaw then attended Ivydale Road School from 12 March 1888 to 30 March 1889, moving to Haberdashers' Aske' Boys School at Hatcham.

Percy Bradshaw dropped out of Aske's when he was 14 years old and started working at an advertising agency.

Percy Bradshaw worked for a while for the Daily Mail.

Percy Bradshaw married Mabel Alice Bennett, the daughter of the late Edmund Hellyer Bennett and Mary Anne Gardner, at St Peter's Church in Brockley, Lewisham on 27 July 1910.

Percy Bradshaw wrote articles on drawing, appearing in the Daily Graphic and in The Boy's Own Paper, where his series Black and White Drawing as a Profession was so successful that he decided to create his own art correspondence course, the Press Art School, in 1905.

Percy Bradshaw remained principal of the school for more than 50 years, first from his home, later from Tudor Hall in Forest Hill, London.

Not the least of the advantages that Percy Bradshaw's school offered was that Percy Bradshaw not only offered training, but introduced the work of his pupils to those editors he considered most likely to use of the sketches.

Percy Bradshaw once remarked that The only difficulty I had was keeping going between wars.

Percy Bradshaw was a member of the London Sketch Club and in 1958 wrote the history of the Savage Club where he was a committee member.

Percy Bradshaw died in on 13 October 1965 at Hither Green Hospital, Lewisham in London.