Sir John Bernard Partridge was an English illustrator. Born in London, he was the nephew of John Partridge, portrait-painter extraordinary to Queen Victoria. For some years he was well known as an actor under the name of Bernard Gould. After matriculating at the University of London, Partridge entered an office of architects. He then joined for a couple of years a firm of stained-glass designers, learning drapery and ornament. He began illustration for the press and practised watercolour painting, but his chief success was derived from book illustration.
In 1891 he joined the staff of Punch and, in 1910, became its chief cartoonist. He was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and of The Pastel Society.
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