Paul Drury RE. was the son of the distinguished sculptor and academician Alfred Drury. He attended Goldsmiths College from 1921 under the direction of Malcolm Osborne and Stanley Anderson. His first etchings date from 1922 and were mainly in the “Legacy of Samuel Palmer” tradition along with those of Graham Sutherland and Robin Tanner who also studied at Goldsmiths. Ref: The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints of Paul Drury by Robin Garton.1992.