[1] Although born in New York City, Drake considered Cincinnati his home, having moved there at the age of six.

[2] In 1887 and 1889 Drake went to Europe and studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Henri Lucien Doucet.

[3] Back from Europe, he studied at the Cincinnati School of Design, and would often go to the zoo, where he could draw the animals.

In 1878 he worked as a freelance pen-and-ink artist for such periodicals as Century or Harper’s with animal studies, still lifes and landscapes.

[4] On January 23rd, 1926, Drake reportedly took his own life by locking himself in the closet of his studio along with illuminating gas.