Elijah Albert Cox, 1876-1955

• Biography

  Attribute	Value
  Biography	Elijah Cox was born in Islington and studied at Whitechapel People's Palace and Bolt Court. Cox was a mural painter and poster artist. His posters included work for railway and shipping companies. He painted in oil, water-colour and pastel. He worked as a designer for a manufacturing chemist and later assisted Frank Brangwyn, with whom he had the job of squaring-up cartoon studies for transfer from paper to canvas. He also illustrated a number of books including the Rubaiyat of Omar Khan. He has exhibited widely including at the Royal Academy and Society of Graphic Artists, and was elected to the RBA in 1915, and the RI in 1921. He lived in London and Canterbury. His work can be found in public galleries in Bristol, Canterbury and Preston.
  Education	Whitechapel People's Palace, Bolt Court Technical School,
  Employment	Designed posters for the Underground Group, 1915-1926
  Role	Artist,