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Cecil
Windsor
Aldin
Illustrator
and
Author
(1870-1935)
C.A.
with
Cracker
and
Micky
Cecil
Charles
Windsor
Aldin
was
born
1870
in
Slough
and
studied
art
at
the
Westminster
School
of
Art.
His
talent
already
showed
in
his
early
years.
Rarely
was
he
seen
without
his
sketchbook.
His
specialties
were
sporting
art
in
the
English
countryside,
horses
and
dogs
were
his
main
theme.
He
also
did
much
advertising
work
and
illustrated
many
posters
for
brands
such
as
Bovril,
Colman's
Mustard
and
Cadbury.
Royal
Doulton
used
many
Aldin
drawings
on
the
ceramics
until
1939.
He
also
illustrated
children’s
books.
For
health
reasons
C.
Aldin
moved
to
a
milder
climate,
to
Mallorca,
Mickey
died
there
only
a
year
after.
At
the
exact
time
when
C.Aldin
died
1935
in
a
London
Clinic
during
a
trip
to
England,
in
Mallorca
Cracker
howled
a
heart
rendering
cry
and
couldn't
be
stopped.
2
years
later
he
died
in
Mallorca.
Aldin's
drawings
of
his
own
dogs,
the
Irish
Wolfhound
«Micky»
(Sulhamstead
Micky)
and
the
Bull
Terrier
«Crackers»
are
unsurpassed
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