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PARTRIDGE, JOHN BERNARD (1861– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 876 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PARTRIDGE, See also:JOHN See also:BERNARD (1861– ) , See also:British artist, was See also:born in See also:London, son of See also:Professor See also:Richard Partridge, F.R.S., See also:president of the Royal See also:College of Surgeons, and See also:nephew of John Partridge (1790-1872), portrait-painter extraordinary to See also:Queen See also:Victoria. He was educated at Stonyhurst College, and after matriculating at London University entered the See also:office of Dunn & See also:Hansom, architects. He then joined for a couple of years a See also:firm of stained-See also:glass designers (Lavers, Barraud & Westlake), learning drapery and See also:ornament; and then studied and executed See also:church ornament under See also:Philip Westlake, 1880-1884. He began See also:illustration for the See also:press and practised See also:water-See also:colour See also:painting, but his See also:chief success was derived from See also:book illustration. In 1892 he joined the See also:staff of See also:Punch. He was elected a member of the Royal See also:Institute of Painters in Water-See also:colours and of the See also:Pastel Society.

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