Frederick Arthur Cayley Robinson. Painter and book illustrator. Born Brentford, Middlesex.
In 1914 moved with his wife and daughter into 1 Lansdowne House. That same year he began 10 years as a Professor at the Glasgow School of Art. Produced 4 large paintings known collectively as Acts of Mercy, for the Middlesex Hospital. Since that was demolished the paintings are now held by the Wellcome Institute. Died in a nursing home at 1 Ladbroke Square, Kensington.
The drawing is a 1898 self-portrait.
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F. Cayley Robinson
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