Henry Patrick Raleigh
American illustrator, 1880–1944
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American illustrator, 1869–1940
American painter and illustrator, 1883–1960
American painter and etcher, 1886–1957
American cartoonist, 1857–1937
Henry Patrick Raleigh
BiographyBorn in Portland, Oregon, Raleigh attended the Hopkins Academy in San Francisco before finding a job as an artist-reporter, illustrating newsworthy events for the San Francisco Bulletin. Lured by publisher William Randolph Hearst, he moved to New York, where he illustrated special features for The World and stories for popular magazines, including Vanity Fair, Collier's, and the Saturday Evening Post. He remained a highly successful commercial illustrator through the twenties and thirties.
