Leon Alaric Shafer (1866, Geneseo, Illinois–1940) was an American painter, etcher and illustrator.[1]

Shafer was born in Illinois,[2] but spent most of his life living in New Rochelle, New York.[1]

He exhibited his work at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1897 and 1905.[2]

Illustrations

• 
  Harper's Weekly, 24 May 1902, featuring the destruction of Saint-Pierre, Martinique
• 
  The Argosy, March 1910
• 
  Illustration for Tam o' the Scoots, 1919

Posters

• 
  Spirit of 1917
• 
  Invest in the Victory Liberty Loan
• 
  Sunday Herald Poster, 1896
• 
  Sunday Herald poster, 1897

References