Cecil Aldin - illustrator, Artist

Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (28th April 1870 - 6th January 1935), was a British artist and illustrator. He is best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life. Aldin executed village scenes and rural buildings in chalk, pencil and also wash sketching. He was an enthusiastic sportsman and a Master of Fox Hounds, and many of his pictures illustrated hunting. Aldin's early influences included Randolph Caldecott and John Leech.