Leonard Robert Brightwell

Leonard Robert Brightwell (17 May 1889 - 1962) was an English animal painter, etcher, illustrator, and author. Brightwell studied at Lambeth School of Art in London and visited the Zoological Gardens. He became a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London in 1906 as well as a member of the Marine Biological Association in 1922 and was commissioned by both and other institutions to make scientific drawings of various creatures including extinct animals.

His first illustrated book was A British Dog in France in 1913 after which he served in the British Army during World War I. He then continued work as an illustrator and author. He had signed editions of his etchings of animals published by James Connell & Sons in London.

He illustrated an aquarium guide, bringing "individuality to each creature he draws" according to a review in Nature. His cartoons were published in Punch from age 16.