Alfred Pearse

Who was Alfred Pearse?

Alfred Pearse was an English cartoonist and campaigner, also known as A Patriot. Pearse was a fourth generation artist and son of celebrated decorative artist J.S. Pearse. He studied at West London School of Art and gained numerous prizes for drawing.

Pearse designed posters campaigning for women's suffrage. He drew a weekly cartoon fir Votes for Women from 1909, and was also regularly published in The Illustrated London News, Boy's Own Paper and Punch. With Laurence Housman, he set up the Suffrage Atelier.

He was a wood engraver, book illustrator and art critic, including for the Manchester Guardian.