' ... He may have always been the mildest of men and was often ill but his precocious talent soon meant he moved from Coleraine to Belfast and from there to London. A bumpy start soon blossomed through regular work with the English Illustrated Magazine at £4 a week. Major publishers, among others, Macmillan and Kegan Paul soon took note. This allowed him to move from Kennington to more salubrious Putney. Here he not only enjoyed the open spaces but rowing, at one point rowing his new bride all the way to Teddington. His son John went to St Paul’s. ...'
