Henry George Todd - Artist Info

About Henry George Todd

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    Henry George Todd (1847-1898)

    Born at 27 St John's Street, Bury St. Edmund's in 1847, son of George Todd [q.v.], a decorative artist, and his wife Sophia née Spencer. He attended a school at Bury St. Edmund's and as his father was a grainer young George was apprenticed to him and trained in decorating and sign-writing. At the age of 18, he enrolled in an art school and his progress determined that he proceed to London and attended the Royal Kensington School of Art, now the Royal College of Art.

    At about the age of 27 he came to Ipswich and entered the employ of Alfred Stearn & Son, working in design, decoration and gilding, being commissioned by local traders for their shop-fronts which were consi...

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