Early Life, Family and Training Harry Baldry was born on 2 January 1866 at 62 Victoria Street, Ipswich. He entered a household where art was a family trade rather than a mere hobby. His father, George William Baldry, was a miniature painter, and this professional lineage likely dictated the direction of Harry's own development. He was probably taught art by his father, receiving a technical foundation that would define his later output as a portrait painter in oils. This early instruction was not a matter of chance but a direct inheritance of skill. The family's geography shifted as Harry g…