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

St Pancras, London St Pancras () is a district in north London. It was originally a medieval ancient parish and subsequently became a metropolitan borough. The metropolitan borough then merged with neighbouring boroughs and the area it covered now forms around ...

, was a fourth generation artist and son of celebrated decorative artist Joseph Salter Pearse (1822–1896) and Loveday Colbron (1825–1895). He studied at West London School of Art and gained numerous prizes for drawing. As special artist and correspondent to ''The Sphere'', he was assigned to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's 1901 tour of New Zealand. Pearse designed posters campaigning for

women's suffrage Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...

. He drew a weekly cartoon for ''Votes for Women'' from 1909, and was also regularly published in ''The Illustrated London News'', ''Boy's Own Paper'' and ''Punch''. With

Laurence Housman Laurence Housman (; 18 July 1865 – 20 February 1959) was an English playwright, writer and illustrator whose career stretched from the 1890s to the 1950s. He studied art in London. He was a younger brother of the poet A. E. Housman and his s ...

, he set up the Suffrage Atelier. Pearse produced various artworks, cartoons and propaganda related to British efforts in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. From 11 September 1918 to March 1919, he held an honorary captain's commission in the

New Zealand Rifle Brigade The New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own), affectionately known as The Dinks, was formed on 1 May 1915 as the third brigade of the New Zealand Division, part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. During the First World War it fough ...

NZEF The New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) was the title of the military forces sent from New Zealand to fight alongside other British Empire and Dominion troops during World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945). Ultimately, the NZE ...

, as official artist, painting the battle scenes in which the 1st NZRB figured. He was attached to Brigadier General Charles Melvill's headquarters and left London for France on 27 September 1918. He was a wood engraver, book illustrator and art critic, including for the ''

Manchester Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'', and for eight years had been a member of

Joseph Barnby Sir Joseph Barnby (12 August 183828 January 1896) was an English composer and conductor. Life Barnby was born at York, as a son of Thomas Barnby, who was an organist. Joseph was a chorister at York Minster from the age of seven, was educated ...

Royal Choral Society The Royal Choral Society (RCS) is an amateur choir, based in London. History Formed soon after the opening of the Royal Albert Hall in 1871, the choir gave its first performance as the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society on 8 May 1872 – the choir' ...

. Amongst his inventions, he'd patented improvements to vehicle and cycle wheels, improvements relating to the frames of velocipedes, a method for animating advertising hoardings in 1908–1912, improvements in flying machines, devised a model air-ship for the October 1905 readers of ''

The Boy's Own Paper ''The Boy's Own Paper'' was a British story paper aimed at young and teenage boys, published from 1879 to 1967. Publishing history The idea for the publication was first raised in 1878 by the Religious Tract Society, as a means to encourage you ...

'' and a method of preserving shores. His son Denis Colbron Pearse (1883–1971) also was an illustrator.

Gallery

File:Pearse - Louis de Rougemont 1.jpg, Illustration from ''The Adventures of

Louis de Rougemont Louis De Rougemont (12 November 1847 – 9 June 1921) was a Swiss explorer who claimed to have had adventures in Australasia. Personal history "De Rougemont" was born Henri Louis Grin in 1847 in Gressy, Vaud, Switzerland. He left home at the ag ...

'', 1899 File:Battles of the nineteenth century (1901) (14761358984).jpg, ''It was Bayonet to Bayonet'', 1901. The Siege of Delhi in 1857 File:Force-feeding poster (suffragettes).jpg, Women's Social & Political Union poster, 1910
Artist: A Patriot File:Spirit of War YORAG 2006 2840-1.jpg, ''Spirit of War'', 1914 File:Three Germans Soldiers and a Vision YORAG 2006 817.jpg, ''The

Angel of Mons In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...

'', 1915 File:St George leading the British YORAG 2006 827.jpg, ''

Saint George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

'', 1915

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* * * 1855 births 1933 deaths English cartoonists English illustrators British illustrators British children's book illustrators English children's book illustrators Political artists New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) {{england-artist-stub