Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Born: Mile End, London, 4 June 1879 Parents: Augustus Attwell (butcher) and Emily Ann Attwell Education at Coopers' Company School and Regent Street Art School. Initially studied at Heatherley’s and Saint Martin’s School of Art, but developed a preference for imaginative subjects over traditional art training. Early sales to magazines like The Tatler and The Bystander marked the beginning o…