Raven Hill, Leonard (1867 - 1942)

Leonard Raven Hill original cartoon artwork.

Raven Hill studied at Lambeth School of Art and the Academie Julian in Paris. After returning to Britain, Raven Hill began to work as a painter, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1889. However, he found he was having more success drawing cartoons and theatrical caricatures and illustrations for a whole array of publications, including Pall Mall Gazette, Printer’s Pie, Pearson’s, Sketch and Strand Magazine. Raven Hill began drawing for Punch in 1895. He was elected to the Punch Table in 1901 and contributed social and political cartoons to the magazine until his retirement in 1935. His cartoon ‘Gap in the Bridge’ was selected as one of the greatest cartoons in history by Timothy S. Benson.