Hi
I don't think the chap was doing anything like that at Tussaud's, those paintings are a great find, but I haven't found any other candidate. No doubt he could do many arty things.
In 1891 our Edmund (aka Edward) was an engraver on wood, which does sound artistic! He seems to have had quite a number of occupations!
Edmund Richard White remarried (2nd or 3rd time?) in 1885. He shows as a widower living at 3 Bradmore Park Terrace. His father Henry, an engraver. He married a 39 yr old spinster, Katherine O'Sullivan.
I think Edmund Joseph, son, was a witness. His signature below. Do we have anything for him to compare signatures I wonder from what we have found to date?
Oh, wow, I looked for any marriage online, and couldn't see one. Father also an engraver. We are accumulating a lot more info than is in the trees!
1911 census, EJ has signed, it is a bit later though. And only initials, rather than full name, on that marriage. But the signatures are not dissimilar.
John