Postcard franked Market Rasen 1908 - Pub ?Gale & Polden - Artwork by G M Payne (1879-1947)
Gilbert Morris "Bertie" Payne was born in Cardiff in the first quarter of 1879. He was the older brother of A. B. Payne, who created the comic strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred in the Daily Mirror. Their father, Joseph, was a cabinet maker. Gilbert had moved to London by 1901, and in the early 1900s drew comics for the Amalgamated Press and James Henderson & Sons. He also illustrated story papers, including Chums and Boys of Our Empire, many full-colour postcards, and drew cartoons for Punch. He died in Bristol in the fourth quarter of 1947, aged 59.