Edwin Noble (1876-1961)

John Edwin Noble (1876-1961). Painter and illustrator who worked as Edwin Noble. He was the son of the artist John Sargent Noble, (1848-1896)  and Kate Davies (1851-1887) and the brother of animal painter Kate Florence Noble, (1875-1935). Edwin Noble (aka John Edwin Noble) was a popular illustrator and teacher who studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and served as a sergeant in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps during World War One, where he was employed as an official war artist. He exhibited widely from 1898 through 1930 at the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy and the Fine Art Society. Edwin also painted colourful posters for Underground Electric Railway Company Ltd (now London Underground) in 1916