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English artist, author, campaigner and inventor

Alfred Pearse
Alfred Pearse, Captain,NZRB, 1918–19 Photo:Elliott & Fry^[1]
Born	Alfred Pearse (1855-05-20)20 May 1855 St Pancras, London, England
Died	1933(1933-00-00) (aged 77–78) London, England
Nationality	British
Education	West London School of Art
Known for	Painting and illustration
Notable work	Spirit of War, 1914 The Angel of Mons, 1915 Saint George, 1915
Spouse	Mary Blanche Lockwood
Children	6

Alfred Pearse (20 May 1855 – 1933), also known asA Patriot, was an English artist, author, campaigner and inventor.

Early life and education

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Alfred Pearse was born 20 May 1855 atSt Pancras, London. He was a fourth generation artist and son of celebrated decorative artist Joseph Salter Pearse (1822–1896)^[2]^[3] and Loveday Colbron (1825–1895).^[4] He studied atWest London School of Art and gained numerous prizes for drawing.^[5]

Career

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As special artist and correspondent toThe Sphere, he was assigned to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's 1901 tour of New Zealand.

Pearse designed posters campaigning forwomen's suffrage. He drew a weekly cartoon forVotes for Women from 1909, and was also regularly published inThe Illustrated London News,Boy's Own Paper andPunch. WithLaurence Housman and his sisterClemence Housman, he set up theSuffrage Atelier.^[6]

Pearse produced various artworks, cartoons and propaganda related to British efforts inWorld War I. From 11 September 1918 to March 1919, he held an honorary captain's commission in theNew Zealand Rifle Brigade,NZEF, as official artist, painting the battle scenes in which the 1st NZRB figured.^[7]^[8]^[1]^[9] He was attached to Brigadier GeneralCharles Melvill's headquarters and left London for France on 27 September 1918.

He was a wood engraver, book illustrator and art critic, including for theManchester Guardian, and for eight years had been a member ofJoseph Barnby'sRoyal Choral Society.^[5]

Amongst his inventions, he'd patented improvements to vehicle and cycle wheels,^[10] improvements relating to the frames of velocipedes,^[11] a method for animating advertising hoardings in 1908–1912,^[12]^[1] improvements in flying machines,^[13] devised a model air-ship for the October 1905 readers ofThe Boy's Own Paper^[14] and a method of preserving shores.^[1]

His son Denis Colbron Pearse (1883–1971) also was an illustrator.

Gallery

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The Highland Clans,The Boy's Own Paper, 1883
Illustration fromThe Adventures ofLouis de Rougemont, 1899
Fight at Paparatu in 1865 duringTe Kooti's War, 1901
It was Bayonet to Bayonet, 1901. The Siege of Delhi in 1857
Women's Social & Political Union poster, 1910
Artist: A Patriot
Spirit of War, 1914
TheAngel of Mons, 1915
Saint George, 1915

References

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^^a ^b ^c ^dNotable Londoners: An Illustrated Who's Who of Professional and Business Men. London: London Publishing Agency. 1921–1922. p. 183.
^"Alfred Pearse: Artist".Look and Learn. 12 July 2011. Retrieved9 April 2022.
^Pearse, Joseph Salter (1854)."Design for Decorative Panels with Hunting Scenes Inset" – via The Met, New York.
^"England Biths and Christenings, 1538–1975",FamilySearch
^^a ^b"Artists of "The Strand Magazine""(PDF).The Strand Magazine. Vol. 10. July–December 1895. p. 790.
^Atkinson, Diane (1997).Funny Girls: Cartooning for Equality. Penguin Books. p. 44.ISBN 9780140266993.
^"New Zealand Rifle Brigade"(PDF).The New Zealand Gazette. No. 168. 19 December 1918. p. 4034 – viaNZLII.
^Schofield, Guy H., ed. (11 October 1918)."On Service"(PDF).The New Zealander: Home News for New Zealanders on Active Service. No. 49. London. p. 3.
^"Alfred Pearse".Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved7 April 2022.
^GB Patent 26,186, Alfred Pearse, "Improvements relating to Wheels for Cycles and Vehicles", published 23 October 1897, issued 23 October 1897
^GB Patent 26,664, Alfred Pearse, "Improvements Relating to the Frames of Velocipedes", published 23 October 1897, issued 23 October 1897
^GB Patent 22,378, Alfred Pearse & Frederick James Oldacres, "Improvements Relating to Advertising Devices", published 21 December 1909, issued 21 December 1909
^GB Patent 29,027, Alfred Pearse, "Improvements in Flying Machines", published 17 September 1914, issued 17 September 1914
^"The B.O.P. Airship and How to Make it Sail".The Boy's Own Paper. Vol. 28, no. 1395. 7 October 1905. pp. 9–11.