David Wilson RI. RBA. Political and joke cartoonist, illustrator and caricaturist was born in Co. Tyrone and studied art at evening classes in the local art school in Belfast. From c.1895 he worked in London drawing cartoons for the Daily Chronicle and other publications before becoming chief cartoonist on the Graphic (1910-16). In the 1930’s he taught commercial art at the St. John’s Wood Art School. Exhibited RA; Paris Salon; FAS; BN; BEL;RI; RBA. Work held V&A Museum among others. Ref: Mark Bryant: Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Cartoonists and Caricaturists.