Westward Ho! Magazine cover by S.P. Judge, from the May, 1908 issue (cover image tweaked by me). This issue was originally scanned by Archive.org from the collection of Robarts U of T Library and paid for with money from Microsoft. His early Vancouver ‘portfolio/scrapbook’ is outstanding, located in the S.P. Judge fonds at the UBC Special Collections. From Gary Sim’s British Columbia Artists:
Spencer Perceval Judge was one of the “wave” of trained English artists who emigrated to Canada around 1900 and settled in Vancouver. He became a major influence on the growth of art in Vancouver, as an artist, a teacher, a founder of art groups - especially the B.C. Society of Fine Arts, and as an author on art and crafts instruction.
He was born in Surbiton, England, and arrived in Vancouver in 1902 with his family. He was a founding member of the Vancouver Studio Club, and was one of its art teachers.
Judge exhibited in Vancouver, starting at least as early as 1903 in a group exhibition with T.W. Fripp and James Blomfield…
Judge advertised in Westward Ho! magazine for his School of Art in 1907, with a by-line noting that he was “certificated South Kensington, London, Eng.”…
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