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Sluice Farm 1928 |
Sluice Farm Drawn by William Henry Caffyn. Dated 1928
This drawing has been donated to the Dutch Cottage Museum by Jill Goodchild along with another painting showing a Canvey bus and the Dutch Cottage in the distance. The following is from the narrative at the museum:- William Henry Caffyn (1870 - 1958) trained as a lithographer and worked in London as an illustrator of posters magazines and books. In the early 1900s he designed advertising posters for Bovril which became well known. A copy of one is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. During World War 1 he drew recruiting posters among other things. Copies are in the Imperial War Museum. He also specialised in drawing portraits of contemporary political and literary figures for publication in periodicals.
Drawing of Sluice Farm by William Henry Caffyn
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