A. R. Thomson, R.A.
Illustrator
(1894 - 1979)
Alfred Reginald Thomson was born in Bangalore in India. He was Deaf from birth. In 1945 he was elected to the Royal Academy and soon became a highly respected society portrait painter.
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Bibliography
The Bird of Dawning (1956)
The adventures of the 2nd Mate aboard the Blackgauntlet running an epic race from China to London when the ship goes down.
This is the fourth English edition.