Calligrapher.- Smith (Percy John Delf, 1882-1948, calligrapher, typographer and printmaker, Master of the Artworkers Guild, RDI, of Hampstead, 1882-1948) Portraits, letterings and sketches, including: portrait of "Vera Mrs Charles M Delf", lettering from his book, "A Handbook of Modern Alphabets", (1936); Minute Book Dorian Workshop and Studio, (1921-33); numerous drafts of lettering for pages of Books of Remembrance, Roll of Honour for Farebrother, Ellis & Co., portraits and life drawings in pencil, charcoal etc., examples of lettering, some proofs of designs, tracings, designs for Southern Railway Certificates, BBC publications, church memorial designs, Kitchener Memorial (heavily torn), Chelmsford Diocesan Chronicle, Lodge of Comily, printed ephemera, many on tracing paper or paper, a few on vellum, folds, some with tears, all loose, v.s., v.d. [1920/s - 40s] (lge qty).

⁂ Percy John Delf Smith was a British etcher and letterer. He served as a gunner in the First World War. His etching "Death Marches" was part of a seven-part series, "The Dance of Death 1914-1918," that explored the spectre of Death following British soldiers. After the war, Smith was commissioned to create the lettering for the Canadian National Vimy Memorial at Vimy Ridge. During the 1920s and 30's he designed other memorials, including one for Kitchener, as well as lettering for commercial companies.