John Poad Drake
John Poad Drake was an inventor and artist from Stoke Damerel, in present-day Devon. He worked at the Plymouth Dockyard. He later painted in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Montreal and New York. He later returned to England and patented a new system for drilling screws at the shipyard. He is a descendant of Sir Francis Drake. Drake was a student of the Royal Academy in London. Drake's painting of the Last Supper hangs in the new Christ Church Cathedral, on St. Catherine Street, Montreal.Gallery
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