Shirley Charles Slocombe (1872-1935)

Shirley Charles Llewellyn Slocombe (1872-1935). Son of artist & etcher (Frederick) Albert Slocombe (c.1838-13 July 1920) and his wife Elizabeth Ann née Griffith (c.1832-15 December 1920). Shirley Slocombe studied at the Highbury Institute & School of Art and at the Royal Academy Schools from 26 January 1892 until January 1897 and where he won the Landseer Scholarship in 1894. In 1891, together with his brother Alfred, illustrated a series of illustrations of Stradivari violins for Hill & Sons of 38 New Bond Street, London. He also exhibited at the Institute of Painters in Oil Colour and the Paris Salon and was elected an Associate Member of the Royal College of Art in 1901, remaining an Associate until 1917. Shirley was a member of Ipswich Art Club 1897-1902. Shirley Slocombe illustrated Percy MacQuoid's 'History of English Furniture (1904) which went into four volumes by 1908. Shirley Charles Llewelyn Slocombe died at Kensington, London on 20 December 1935, aged 63 and buried in West Brompton Cemetery.