Alfred Leete

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Alfred Leete
Photograph of Leete drawing at his desk
Leete at his desk, date unknown
Born1882
Thorpe Achurch, Northamptonshire, England
Died1933 (aged 50–51)
Pembroke Square, London
Education
Notable work"Lord Kitchener Wants You"

Alfred Ambrose Chew Leete (1882–1933) was a

printer.[2]

Leete's career as a paid artist began in 1897, when the

Underground Electric Railways Company (the London Underground
) are very well known.

Leete's work as a wartime propagandist includes the poster for which he is most renowned, the

First World War Leete also drew two comics Schmidt the Spy and The Bosch Book, which ridiculed the German army.[3]

Leete died of a seizure, following a heart attack, at his home in Pembroke Square, London, in 1933. He had suffered from high blood pressure and heart trouble, and had been taken ill three weeks earlier in Italy. The Rome Express was stopped at Genoa to allow him to return to England.

Jim Aulich, in the

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, wrote of Leete that "His prolific output was characterized by its humour, keen observation of the everyday, and an eye for strong design."[4] In 2004, his work was displayed in his native Weston-super-Mare, at the Weston Museum.[5]

Gallery

  • Black-and-white advertisement for an evening of "smoking and conversation", with caricatures of four members of the club
    Invitation to one of the regular "smoking" evenings at the London Sketch Club, dated 11 November 1921, designed by Alfred Leete.
  • A stern-faced Lord Kitchener points out of the image, with the header "Britons" above and "wants you" below
    "Lord Kitchener Wants You", first published on 5 September 1914

References

  1. ^ Thorpe Achurch parish registers: baptized 24 September 1882
  2. ^ Bryant, Mark. "Poster Boy: Alfred Leete". History Today. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Alfred Leete – Lambiek Comiclopedia".
  4. ^ Jim Aulich, "Leete, Alfred Ambrose Chew", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  5. ^ "War artist's drawings on display". BBC News. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
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