Joseph Finnemore
Joseph Finnemore was a prolific book and magazine illustrator who also worked for the Religious Tract Society. He was also a painter in oils.
He was born in Birmingham in 1860 and educated at the Birmingham School of Art and in Antwerp under Charles Verlat. Following a tour of Europe and the Near East in the early 1880s, he settled in London in 1884.
Of his paintings in oils, his works include The Proclamation of King Edward VII at St. James' Palace January 24, 1901 and On the Lookout, A Stormy Night. His illustrations include work for Arthur Conan Doyle.
He was a member of the Society of Illustrators, the Royal Society of British Artists and Royal Institute.