Mildred Ratcliffe
Painter, commercial artist & calligrapher
About Mildred Ratcliffe
Lived 1899 – 1988 (aged 89). Mildred Ratcliffe was a painter, illustrator and calligrapher.
Mildred Mary Ratcliffe FSSI (1899–1988) was an English painter, commercial artist & calligrapher, known for her poster designs for the Post Office Savings Bank.
Biography Ratcliffe was born on 17 October 1899 in Rochester, Kent as the second of Alfred and Rose Ratcliffe's seven children, and was educated by a governess, before attending Rochester Grammar School for Girls.
She exhibited at two Royal Academy of Arts summer exhibitions and was appointed a Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators (FSSI). The National Archives, and Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery.
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painter, commercial artist & calligrapher (1899–1988)
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Mildred Ratcliffe was born on 17 October 1899 in Rochester.
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Mildred Ratcliffe died on 19 October 1988.
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Mildred Ratcliffe was a painter, illustrator and calligrapher.
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