The Artists

Over 60 artists produced work for carriage prints and many were members of institutes and societies such as the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (R.I.), the Royal Watercolour Society (R.W.S.), the Royal Academy (R.A.), Royal Institute of Oil Painters (R.O.I.), Royal Society of British Artists (R.B.A.), Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (R.S.W.) and so forth.

After many years of research, short biographies of most of the artists are available below.

Acanthus	Lander, Reginald Montague
Aitken, John Earnest	Langhammer
Allinson, Adrian Paul	Lawson, Edward
Badmin, Stanley Roy	Lee-Hankey, William
Baker, John L	Macfarlane, Alasdair
Baldwin, Frederick William	Macleod, William Douglas
Barraud, Cyril H	Macpherson, Alexander
Bee, John Francis	Maddox, Ronald
Black, Montague Birrell	Marston, Freda
Blake, Frederick Donald	Mason, Frank Henry
Brenet, Albert	Maxwell, Donald
Buckle, Claude	Mcintosh Patrick, James
Byatt, Edwin	Mercer, Sidney Agnew
Cattermole, Lance Harry Mosse	Merriott, Jack
Causer, William Sidney	Moody, John Charles
Cobb, Charles David	Muncaster, Claude Grahame
Cowern, Raymond Teague	Rushbury, Sir Henry George
Denham, Henry James	Russell, Gyrth
Fairclough, Wilfred	Scott, Eric R
Fletcher Watson, James	Sherwin, Frank
Flint, Francis Murray Russell	Silas, Ellis Luciano
Gray, Alan	Squirrell, Leonard Russell
Greene, John A	Steel, Kenneth
Haslehust, Ernest William	Stringer, Henry George
Hilder, Rowland	Taylor, Fred
Holding, Edgar Thomas	Tittensor, Harry
Hubbard, Eric Hesketh	Walker, Edward
Jordan, Reginald Earnest	Ward, Richard
King, Charles	Wilson, A J
Knight, Charles	Wood, Leslie John
Lampitt, Ronald	Wright, Horace

Britain has been pre-eminent in its contribution of watercolour to the world's art and the list of the artists producing carriage print work for the railways appears a little like a Who's Who of prominent watercolour artists for the period, although a sprinkling of artwork in oils appeared too.

The R.W.S. was founded in 1804 as the Old Watercolour Society, with 10 members and the word Royal was added in 1881. Carriage panel artists William Lee-Hankey and Charles Knight both became vice presidents. The R.I. was established in 1831 as a breakaway group called the New Watercolour Society which became the Institute of Painters in Watercolours in 1863, achieving Royal status in 1883. Rowland Hilder was a past president of the R.I. and has since achieved a world-wide reputation for his superb paintings. Ronald Maddox now holds this position and Jack Merriott was a former R.I. vice president, and many of the artists were members.