Clifford Ellis

Ellis is notable both for the work he did for the Recording Britain project during the Second World War and for his role in the development of art teaching.

[1] After a year at Saint Martin's School of Art, Clifford Ellis studied illustration at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London between 1924 and 1927.

He then spent a year taking a post-graduate teacher training course before gaining a diploma in the history of art from the University of London.

[3] Their work included posters for London Transport and the General Post Office, and several designs for book covers and dust jackets, most notably for the long-running New Naturalist series published by Collins.

In particular, in 1942 he was commissioned to depict examples of the decorative architectural ironwork seen on the city's buildings as the Ministry of Works were removing the iron to help the war effort.