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Description: | Cecil Aldin (1870-1935) was a local artist. The son of a builder, he was born in Slough and spent most of his life in the area, moving to upmarket Henley, where he consolidated his social aspirations by becoming master of the South Berkshire Foxhounds in 1914. He was a highly successsful comic artist and is most famous for his humourous depictions of dogs. The tavern on this tin is named as the George and has a vague resemblence to the George in Reading, one of the few old pubs to survive the town's impulse to constantly rebuild. The bridge shown on the sides also seems similar to the bridge at nearby Sonning. Aldin would have known both structures and perhaps used them as the basis for these illustrations, which may be why they were chosen for use on this tin. There is a Cecil Aldin Drive in modern Reading! | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | inn natural science transport coach horse costume street scene recreation hen Cecil Aldin | Temporal: | start=1955-01-01; end=1955-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Not known | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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