Bernard Partridge

Partridge was educated at Stonyhurst College where one of his fellow pupils was Arthur Conan Doyle.{{r|Bryant-2018-169}}

Partridge then worked for six months in the offices of architect H. Handsom, before joining the firm of Lavers, Barraud and Westlake, ecclesiastical designers, where he spent two years producing altar-pieces, stained-glass etc.{{r|Bryant-2018-169}} He then studied decorative painting under Philip Westlake, 1880–1884. He began illustrating for the press and practised watercolour painting, but his chief success was derived from book illustration.

Partridge was very interested in the theatre and acted under the stage name Bernard Gould.{{r|Room-2004-204}} He appeared in the first production of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man. Many of his early drawings were of stage subjects or personalities, and some of his finest caricatures in later life were drawn from the world of the stage.{{r|Houfe-1981-409}}

In 1891 Partridge joined the staff of Punch {{cite magazine|title=PARTRIDGE, Bernard|magazine=Who's Who|year=1907|volume=59|page=1362|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1362|access-date=5 November 2016|archive-date=27 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627141313/http://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1362|url-status=live}} and, in 1909, became its chief cartoonist, replacing Edward Linley Sambourne.{{Cite web |title=Collections Online {{!}} British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG41224 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |archive-date=23 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623153623/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG41224 |url-status=live }} During his time at Punch, Partridge published several cartoons supporting the Suffragist movement.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}d He was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and of The Pastel Society.

A diploma designed by Partridge was presented to medal winners of the 1908 Summer Olympic Games in London.{{Cite web |title=Diploma Olympic Games 1908 London |url=https://www.olympic-museum.de/diploma/olympic-winner-diploma-1908.php |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.olympic-museum.de |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624061804/https://olympic-museum.de/diploma/olympic-winner-diploma-1908.php |url-status=live }}

Partridge was a frequent exhibitor,{{refn|group=note|Partridge exhibited as follows: 112 works at the Fine Art Society, three works at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 12 works at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 44 works at the Leicester Galleries, two works at the New English Art Club, 18 works at the Royal Academy, and three works at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.{{r|Johnson-Greutzner-1986-391}}}} exhibiting nearly 200 works in total.

In 1897 Partridge married Lydia Faith Harvey (1873-1961) of Finsbury Park. Lady Partridge maintained relationships with others in the art world before and after her husband's death. These included Sir Hugh Lane{{Cite web |last=Partridge |first=Faith |date=1910 |title=Letter from Faith Partridge to Hugh Lane asking him if he still wants the purple willow weed for his garden |url=https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000641916 |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=catalogue.nli.ie |language=English |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006015637/https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000641916 |url-status=live }} and Margaret E. Wilson.{{Cite news |date=25 February 1949 |title=Queen Mary Visits Artist's Studio |pages=2 |work=The Kensington News and West London Times |url=https://search.findmypast.com.au/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001745%2f19490225%2f002&stringtohighlight=lady%20partridge%2010%20holland%20park%20road |access-date=5 October 2022 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006015652/https://www.findmypast.com.au/register |url-status=live }} She died childless.{{Cite web |title=In 1911 England & Wales Census |url=https://records.myheritagelibraryedition.com/research/record-10446-592932/bernard-partridge-in-1911-england-wales-census |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=records.myheritagelibraryedition.com |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006015640/https://records.myheritagelibraryedition.com/support |url-status=live }}

File:Bernard Partridge - Unconquerable - Sarjeant Gallery.jpg

Partridge was still producing work for Punch until three months before his death, so readers of Punch had been viewing his cartoons for over fifty years.

File:Take Up the Sword of Justice.jpg

1915 Partridge designed posters to encourage recruitment to the British Army. Take up the Sword of Justice was one of the most popular, printed by David Allen & Sons, for the British Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (PRC).{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=James |title=Your country needs you : the secret history of the ultimate propaganda poster |publisher=Saraband |year=2013 |isbn=9781908643117 |edition=ebook |location=Glasgow |chapter=2. Weapons of Mass Persuasion}} It features the sinking RMS Lusitania, drowning passengers, and a vengeful Lady Justice wielding the Sword of Justice.{{Cite web |title=Take Up the Sword of Justice |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/21133 |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=Imperial War Museums |language=en |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624010019/https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/21133 |url-status=live }} State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, is just one of the many libraries and museums around the world which hold copies of this poster.{{Cite web |title=State Library Victoria - Viewer |url=https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=State Library Victoria |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072322/https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

Another work from this time that was well known to the populace was Unconquerable. It features Wilhelm II, German Emperor, and Albert I, the King of the Belgians. The cartoon was published by Punch in October 1914. This original was presented to the Queen of the Belgians by the Gardeners' Company, the purchase money going to the Belgian Relief Fund.{{cite news |date=20 March 1915 |title=LITERARY NOTES. |volume=XCVIII |page=44 |newspaper=The Australasian |issue=2,555 |location=Victoria, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142970208 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=24 June 2022 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006015639/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142970208 |url-status=live }} In 1917 copies of the poster, styled "the Greatest War Picture ...... in magnificent colour reproduction", which Partridge based on his original cartoon were sent by Punch to new subscribers as part of a promotion.{{cite news |date=13 October 1917 |title="UNCONQUERABLE." |volume=LX |page=9 |newspaper=The Advertiser |issue=18,409 |location=South Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5562301 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=24 June 2022 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006015639/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5562301 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=13 October 1917 |title=Advertising |volume=LX |page=13 |newspaper=The Advertiser |issue=18,409 |location=South Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5562377 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=24 June 2022 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006015639/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5562377 |url-status=live }} In 1919 Punch sent complimentary copies of this poster to public libraries and Schools of Arts across Australia and New Zealand, many of which were framed and placed in their reading rooms.{{cite news |date=29 July 1919 |title=GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. |page=2 |newspaper=Daily Mail |issue=5237 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220518220 |accessdate=5 October 2022 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006015639/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220518220 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=26 July 1919 |title=UNCONQUERABLE |volume=44 |page=44 |newspaper=The Capricornian |issue=30 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69778252 |accessdate=5 October 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=30 April 1919 |title=A WAR CARTOON. |volume=XXX |page=2 |newspaper=The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate |issue=2534 |location=New South Wales, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86109396 |accessdate=4 October 2022 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006015641/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/86109396 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=9 May 1919 |title=THE DEFENCE OF ARCHANGEL. |volume=LVIII |page=3 |newspaper=The Border Watch |issue=5749 |location=South Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77750779 |accessdate=5 October 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=6 June 1919 |title=A GIFT FROM "PUNCH." |page=2 |newspaper=Geelong Advertiser |issue=22,482 |location=Victoria, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165742054 |accessdate=5 October 2022 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006015640/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165742054 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2 April 1919 |title=Southland Times |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19190402.2.16?end_date=31-12-1919&items_per_page=10&query=unconquerable+punch&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1919 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |page=4 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004175813/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19190402.2.16?end_date=31-12-1919&items_per_page=10&query=unconquerable+punch&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1919 |url-status=live }}

Persons who served overseas with Expeditionary Forces in an active war zone, and were disabled, received a King's Certificate of Discharge stating that they "Served with honour". The certificate was designed by Partridge in 1916, at the request of the War Office.{{Cite web |title=The Silver War Badge & Kings Certificate Of Discharge WW1 |url=https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/blog/2015/12/10/the-silver-war-badge-and-kings-certificate-of-discharge |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.forces-war-records.co.uk |date=10 December 2015 |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204074830/https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/blog/2015/12/10/the-silver-war-badge-and-kings-certificate-of-discharge |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=30 May 1919 |title=Woodville Examiner |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WOODEX19190530.2.23?end_date=31-12-1919&items_per_page=10&query=bernard+partridge&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1919 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |page=4 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004184025/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WOODEX19190530.2.23?end_date=31-12-1919&items_per_page=10&query=bernard+partridge&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1919 |url-status=live }}

At this time he also designed postcards for Blue Cross Quarantine Kennels, for soldiers bringing home their pet dogs.{{Cite web |title=Bernard Partridge - British Cartoon Archive - University of Kent |url=https://www.cartoons.ac.uk/cartoonist-biographies/o-p/BernardPartridge.html |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.cartoons.ac.uk |archive-date=23 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423101436/https://www.cartoons.ac.uk/cartoonist-biographies/o-p/BernardPartridge.html |url-status=live }}

Partridge was the twentieth of twenty illustrators selected by Percy V. Bradshaw for inclusion in his series The Art of the Illustrator (1917-1918) which presented a separate portfolio for each illustrator.{{Citation |author1=Bradshaw, Percy V. (Percy Venner) |title=Bernard Partridge and his work |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34410060 |publication-date=1900 |publisher=Press Art School |access-date=24 June 2022 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624014443/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34410060 |url-status=live }}{{refn|group=note|The portfolio contained: a brief biography of Partridge, an illustration of Partridge at work in his studio, an explanation of Partridge's method of working. This was accompanied by a plate showing an illustration typical of his work and five other plates showing the work at five earlier stages of its production, from the first rough to the just before the finished drawing or colour sketch.{{r|Art-Illustrator-Review}} Partridge's pen and ink drawing shows what appears to be a German cavalry man with a ragged, blindfolded woman riding pillion on a mountain road. It was reproduced by permission of Punch and was probably a political reference to the First World War. The extraneous sketches in the preparatory work suggest that this was from his sketch-book, rather than being specially prepared.{{r|TAOTI-Palace-Partridge}}}}

One of his most famous cartoons of this war was Salute to Malta. In it St. George, wearing the Maltese Cross, defends the stronghold of Malta against the dragon.{{Cite web |title=WW2 Cartoons from Punch magazine by Bernard Partridge {{!}} PUNCH Magazine Cartoon Archive |url=https://magazine.punch.co.uk/image/I0000O92MMh.LtO0 |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=magazine.punch.co.uk |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006015643/https://magazine.punch.co.uk/image/I0000O92MMh.LtO0 |url-status=live }}

Partridge was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1925 Birthday Honours on the advice of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and gave his support to the government during the General Strike.

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• {{Internet Archive author |sname=John Bernard Partridge |sopt=t}}
• [http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp03462 Portraits of Bernard Partridge] at the National Portrait Gallery (London).
• http://slv.vic.gov.au {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710025642/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ |date=10 July 2010 }} State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
• The [http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/227 Bernard Partridge Drawings Collection] is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre and Performance Department.
• [http://heidicon.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/pool/punch/person/1036917614 Partridge's Illustrations from Punch] in HeidICON
• [https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=artist:name=%22John%20Bernard%20Partridge%22 Partridge's Illustrations at the British Library Flickr account]
• {{Gutenberg author | id=26310| name=Bernard Partridge}}
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