George Sheringham, 1884-1937

George Sheringham, artist, illustrator, costume and stage designer, was born in 1884 and was educated at Kings School, Gloucester and the Slade School of Art. He first exhibited at the Salon in Paris and subsequently had one-man shows in London as well as exhibiting in Berlin, Ghent, Melbourne, New York and Venice. In addition to his influential work in scenery and costume design, he was a prolific book illustrator. Examples included 'Design in the Theatre' (with James Laver), 'Illustrations to the Happy Hypocrite' (by Max Beerbohm), 'Canadian Wonder Tales' (by Cyrus Macmillan), and 'Pen and Pencil Drawing' (1922). Sheringham died in 1937.

In 1931 George Sheringham illustrated the text of 'The Book of the Fly Rod' (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1931), written by Hugh Tempest Sheringham and John Cecil Moore.