John Loftus Leigh-Pemberton[1] AFC (1911–1997) was an artist and illustrator from the United Kingdom, best known for his book illustrations.

Life and work

Leigh-Pemberton's copy, now in the Imperial War Museum, of a portrait by Sir Oswald Birley.

Leigh-Pemberton was the great-grandson of Edward Leigh Pemberton. He was born on 18 October 1911 and was educated at Eton; he studied art in London between 1928 and 1932.[2][3] During the Second World War he was a flying instructor for the RAF and was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1945.[4] As well as his book illustrations, Leigh-Pemberton carried out advertising work and decorated a number of ships.[4] He also did work for the Shell Guides series. However perhaps his best-known work was carried out for the Ladybird series of books for children, where he wrote and illustrated many of the series dealing with natural history subjects.

References

  1. ↑ Burke's Landed Gentry 1952, pg 2004, 'Leigh Pemberton formerly of Torry Hill' pedigree
  2. ↑ Commire, A (ed) Something about the author, v35, Gale: 1984, p.156
  3. ↑ Dolman, Bernard (1990). Who's who in art (book) (Hardcover) (24th ed.). London: The Art Trade Press. p. 276. OCLC 794674673. Retrieved 9 July 2017 – via WorldCat.
  4. 1 2 Ladybird Books artists, accessed 01-05-13
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