Percy John Delf Smith. painter, etcher and illustrator studied at the Camberwell School of Art and Crafts but was mainly self-taught. After service in the First World War he worked in the USA, 1927, and in Palestine, 1932 and became Master of the Art Workers Guild in 1941. He produced some eighty drypoints and etchings between 1913 and 1937 including some notable series such as “The Dance of Death” (1918-19) and “Twelve Drypoints of the War” (1916-18) which were published by Colnaghi’s. Exhibited RI and Walker Gallery and the V & A and BM. hold examples of his work. Ref: Guichard. 1977.