About Percy Fearon
Lived 1874 – 1948 (aged 74). Percy Fearon was a cartoonist.
An undated cartoon from the 1920 compilation 100 Poy cartoons: Reprinted from the London "Evening News" and "Daily Mail"
Percy Hutton Fearon (6 September 1874 – 5 November 1948) was a British cartoonist who worked for the Evening News and the Daily Mail, where he drew under the pseudonym "Poy".
He was born in Shanghai to Robert Inglis Fearon. He was educated at an art school in New York and at Hubert von Herkomer's art school.
Works The End of A Tale: A Tribute to ‘Poy’ (1951). Poy's Churchill (Argus Press, 1954).
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Who was Percy Fearon?
cartoonist (1874–1948)
When was Percy Fearon born?
Percy Fearon was born on 17 January 1874.
When did Percy Fearon die?
Percy Fearon died on 17 January 1948.
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Percy Fearon was a cartoonist.
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