Frank
Reynolds, the son
of an artist, was born in London 1876.
After studying at Heatherley's School of Art,
Reynolds worked for The London Illustrated
News.
Reynolds first began contributing to Punch
Magazine in 1906. He also provided the illustrations of several
books by Charles Dickens including David
Copperfield (1911), The Pickwick
Papers (1912) and The Old Curiosity
Shop (1913).
Reynolds contributed to several journals including the London
Magazine, The Sketch and
the Windsor Magazine. During the
First World War Reynolds cartoons appeared regularly
in Punch Magazine. Reynolds replaced
F. H. Townsend as Art Editor of the
magazine in 1920 and held the post until 1930.
In later years Reynolds concentrated on book illustration. This included
The Golf Book (1932), Off
to the Pictures (1937) and Hamish
McDuff (1937). His son,
John Reynolds (1909-1935) was also a book illustrator and provided
the drawings for 1066 And All That
(1930). Frank Reynolds died in April,
1953.
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