Leslie Wilcox
(1904 - 1982)
Leslie Arthur Wilcox (RI, RSMA) was an eminent British artist known mainly as a marine artist working in oils. He was also a watercolorist, illustrator, poster artist, marine model-maker and author.
He was for some years Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolors.
His works are in many collections around the world, including the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and the Royal Collection. He wrote and illustrated two books on maritime history: Mr Pepys' Navy (1966 G. Bell & Sons Ltd., London) and Anson's Voyage (1969 G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., London)