James Robert Granville Exley R.E. was born in Bradford and educated at Skipton. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1907. Became associate R.E. in 1905 and Fellow in 1923 and exhibited from c.1906. Principal of Cambridge School of Art & Craft 1909-12 and Headmaster of Hull Municipal School of Art 1912-19. He specialized in etchings of poultry and architecture set in landscapes and town scenes often of his native Yorkshire. Ref: Guichard: Pub. Garton 1977.