Beresford Egan (1905–1984) was a satirical draughtsman, painter, novelist, actor, costume designer and playwright.
He returned to London in July 1926 after spending two years as a precocious sports cartoonist on the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg.
His art was highly influenced by Aubrey Beardsley and many of his illustrations were in an erotic vein.
He was a prolific writer and book illustrator, beginning with The Sink of Solitude, a satire on the banning of Radclyffe Hall's controversial novel The Well Of Loneliness (1928).
[2] Following military service during the Second World War, he acted occasionally in films, including four for director Vernon Sewell.