George Percy Jacomb-Hood, born at Redhill in Surrey, was a painter, etcher and illustrator.
He was educated at Tonbridge School and the Slade School of Fine Art as well as studying while touring abroad in Paris and Madrid. He was a founding member of the New English Art Club and Society of Portrait Painters.
Jacomb-Hood regularly produced illustrations for The Graphic who gave him a number of overseas assignments. He also wrote an autobiography in 1925, entitled With Brush and Pencil.
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