Charles William Cain

Born in Surrey,[1] Cain attended the Camberwell School of Art and then the Royal College of Art under Frank Short.[1] He worked as an illustrator cartoonist for the Johannesburg Star[2] before serving in World War I with the British Army as part of the Border Regiment. After the war the Imperial War Museum purchased some of his drawings.[2] Much of his work included scenes from India and the Middle East. His work is held in the V&A Museum, the British Museum, the National Gallery of Art in the USA, the Yale Center for British Art and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.[3][4][1][5][6][7]

Cain was exhibited at the Royal Academy regularly from 1921 to 1959.[8]

During his lifetime his work received considerable coverage from notable publications such as the Illustrated London News[9][10] the Westminster Gazette[11] the Belfast Telegraph, The Scotsman and the Aberdeen Press and Journal.[12]

• 'Charles W. Cain : catalogue of drypoints.', pub Greatorex and Corner & Wood co, 1927.[13]