page_title: G. H. Evison
section_title: Training
hierarchical_section_title: G. H. Evison / Training
caption_attribution_description: English: Front Cover for the The Poster No. XXI Vol: IV by George Henry Evison (1871-1928)
context_page_description: George Henry Evison was a Liverpool artist and book illustrator who illustrated many cheaper books with his strong line drawings. He illustrated magazines with both line drawings and colour wash drawings.
context_section_description: Evison began his career with a five-year apprenticeship to a lithographic artist in Liverpool, while attending evening classes at the Liverpool School of Art. Typically, apprenticeships began at 14 or 15, and Evison would have been fourteen in November 1885. He attended the Liverpool School of Art He was attending the school in September 1888 when he was awarded a small class prize (7s. 6d.) for attendance and success in exams.
  However, at the end of his apprenticeship (c. 1890), he was not satisfied with lithography, and gave it up in favour of pen and ink. He studied pen and ink drawing full-time under John Finnie at the Liverpool School of Art, where he won a scholarship worth £60. 
  He had already begun to have some drawings accepted by Magazines like Pick-me-up or Judy and this success led to him coming to London and joining the Slade School where he worked for 12 months. His April 1900 profile in The Poster and his cover illustration for that month indicate that he had found acceptance in London.
caption: Front Cover for The Poster for April 1900
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