Hand coloured postcard published by E W Savory Ltd Bristol series no 646 - Design by F G Lewin
Frederick George Lewin (1861-1933) was born in Bristol, the son of a sea captain. A humorous illustrator, journalist and painter, Lewin worked for the Bristol Magpie and Bristol Evening Post and contributed to Punch magazine (1902-08). One of his main publishers was E.W. Savory Ltd. of Bristol, who produced advertising calendars for the Yorkshire textile company Sam Weller, appropriately using characters from Pickwick Papers.
He was a member of the Royal West of England Academy and the Bristol Savage Club, and he wrote and illustrated Rhymes of Ye Olde Sign Boards (1911) and others. In 1912 he provided the illustrations for Characters from Dickens. His light-hearted drawings of Dickensian characters also featured on cigarette cards and postcards.