A. R. Quinton

Alfred Robert Quinton (28 October 1853 – 10 December 1934)[1] was an English watercolour artist, known for his paintings of British villages and landscapes, many of which were published as postcards.

[2] In 1895 he and a friend cycled from Land's End to John O'Groats and Quinton's artworks from the trip were after serialised in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.

Many of his artworks were published as postcards by Raphael Tuck and J Salmon Ltd which remain popular with today's collectors.

His original illustrations for the book The Historic Thames and two other of his paintings were bought by the Duke and Duchess of Kent.

[1] Alfred Robert Quinton died in Finchley, London, in December 1934, and left £9,228 2s 8d in his will to his widow and his surviving son.