James Fairgrieve - cartoons from 1907!

Chris Willey, historian from William Ellis School has been extraordinarily helpful in providing details of two GA Presidents: Leonard Brooks and James Fairgrieve

James Fairgrieve is the feature of this cartoon. It was drawn by an artist with the initials FCW in 1907 (the year that Fairgrieve joined the school staff)

This was one of a series of staff cartoons prepared in 1907 by the 'unknown' artist FCW, assumed by to be a fellow member of staff or perhaps a student. 

The images were mounted and probably displayed in the staff room at Allcroft Road, NW5. 

A second one shows the Headmaster at the time: Edward Boyce Cumberland, who had appointed Fairgrieve to the staff, and his dog.



Image copyright: William Ellis School, and used with permission.