Robert Stewart Sherriffs caricaturist and illustrator studied design at Edinburgh College of Arts. His first published caricature was for the Bystander which led to a commission to illustrate a series for the Sketch illustrating celebrity profiles of film and theatre actors. He worked for many magazines including the Radio Times. Punch, Nash’s Magazine, the Daily Herald, The Evening News and Strand among others. In the 1940’s and 50’s he also illustrated a number of books including The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1947) and Captain Boldheart (1947) and Mrs Orange (1948) by C.Dickens. Exhibited Times Bookshop; NFT; NT; CG. Collections of his work are held at the V&A; NPG; BFI. Ref: Bryant; Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists. Published Ashgate, 2000.