ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY BRONZE MEDAL, EDWARD ASHTON CANNELL, 21ST AUGUST 1949 engraved name and date, mounted with certificate noting '...for having endeavoured to save life from drowning...', this dated and signed by the Society's president, secretary and chairman, framed and under glassNote: Edward Ashton Cannnell was born in Port Erin in the Isle of Man in 1927. He commenced his art training at the Isle of Man Art School and continued his studies at Liverpool College of Art. He was qualified as a teacher and had spent 20 years in the field of art education when in 1973 he decided to devote all his time to his painting. He was a member of the Langham Club, the London Sketch Club, the Art Club of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, the United Society of Artists. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a former chairman of the Arts Society of Paddington. He has carried out commissions for British Petroleum, Bass International, Foyles and Cassells. He exhibited regularly in London, including the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, the Royal Society of British artists and the Royal Society of Marine Artists.It is noted in The Barrovian (King WIlliam's College Magazine) dated February 1950,'The Bronze Medal and Certificate of the Royal Humane Society has been awarded to E. A. Cannell (O.K.W., 1938-44) for attempting to save the life of a visitor in the Sound on 2nd August, 1949.' overall size 83cm x 53cm