Percy James Billinghurst (1871-1933) was a British artist born in Sundridge, Middlesex, to John W. Billingshurst (b.1830), a solicitor, and Mary A. Billingshurst, nee Hawkins (b.1839).
After completing his art training, he married Ethel Jacobs (b.1880) in 1908. They had a daughter, Ella, born in 1912.
Billinghurst illustrated a number of books including:-
A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine, published by John Lane 1899
A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals 1901
Beasts Shown to the Children 1906 (48 colour plates)
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Billinghurst, Percy J. (1871-1933) - British Birds' Eggs 1930s
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Billinghurst, Percy J. (1871-1933) - The Dog Whose Ears Were Cropped 1900
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