Percy Tarrant

Percy Tarrant (1855-1934), was a British artist and illustrator.

He was born in Clapham, then Surrey, in 1934 to Alfred, a stationer and book-binder, and Mary. He married Sarah Wyatt in 1886 and one of their children was the renowned illustrator Margaret Tarrant (1888-1959).

Tarrant was a moderately active participant in exhibits and exhibited one painting at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, 4 works at the Dudley Gallery and New Dudley Gallery, 18 works at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 22 works at the Royal Academy, one work at the Royal Society of British Artists, one work at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and one work at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.