Kenneth Steel RBA: SGA, was a painter etcher and poster artist. Born in Sheffield, he studied at the Sheffield College of Art under Anthony Betts. In the 1920’s he studied briefly under the landscape artist, Stanley Royle. In December 1940 his house took a direct hit in the blitz destroying much of his work and etching plates. He wrote several articles on etching for the London art journal ‘The Artist’ and a book on line engraving for the publisher Pitmans in 1948.