a relatively frequent exhibitor. In 1916 Richard began contribution to Tatler and Punch, and he had four illustrations published in Punch from 22 March 191611 April 1917. About this time also he began to contribute sporadically to various periodicals including: Chums Printer's Pie Outward Bound The Boy's Own Paper The Boys' Magazine Chatterbox The Wide World Magazine The Happy Mag. The Detective Magazine The Red Magazine The Scout The Golden Mag. Richard married Mary Cooke (27 November 1882), a schoolmistress, at the Independent Chapel, Hanworth Road, Hounslow, London on 25 August 1917. The couple appear never to have had any children. In 1918, Richard appears to have applied for an exemption from National Service, as he later withdrew this on the grounds that he was engaged in War Work as a volunteer. While Richard at 45 was too old for conscription when it was first introduced in 1916, this changed in 1918. The Military Service (no. 2) Act of 1918 extended the age limits to 18 to 51, bringing Richard, at 47, into the net. While Kirkpatrick states that Richard and Mary remained in the family home, Arundine House, until 1938, the electoral registers show that they moved into the house next door, Field Cottage in 1925 and was still there in 1935. Richard worked in the studio with his three brothers. Richard began to illustrate children's books in earnest in 1920, starting with Three Girls on a Ranch by Bessie Marchant, and went on to illustrate at least 80 books in total. Many of these were girl's stories, but he also illustrated many annuals. Kirkpatrick states that Richard seems to have stopped illustrating periodicals in 1932, and books in c. 1940. By 1939 Richard and Mary were running a boarding house in Hastings, and subsequently moved to Hounslow in London in 1940. Richard dies at 32 Bulstrode Road of heart disease on 11 June 1943. Holland states that Richard's illustrations lacked the skill and vigour of his brother Harry's illustrations. Kelly states that his drawings were not up to the standards of those of Charles or Henry. Punch illustrations by Richard Richard only published four sketches (as the illustrations with a punchline were called) in Punch, three in 1916 and one in 1917. All of them refer to the war in one way or other. The 1917 sketch is an example of the way in which Punch illustrators depicted