Ross, Gordon

ORIGINAL watercolor of Barbadoe's Park, Kilmarnock, Scotland, signed G.Ross 1893

Kilmarnock, 1893 A very early work by Ross, then age 20, done in Scotland before his removal to theUnited States. Gordon Ross (1873-1946) was a prolific artist, working mostly in watercolor, from his early days in his native Scotland. As a book artist he tackled everything from Dickens to Shakespeare, including a number of titles for The Limited Editions Club. He is also noted for his sporting work, which included illustrations for The Derrydale Press, Surtees's Jorrocks Jaunts and Jolities, and several large prints of notable sportsmen, including Sir Thomas Lipton, Hugo Meynell, Peter Beckford, and Surtees himself. The eminent collector A. Edward Newton, who wrote the introduction to the Surtees edition, praised Ross in his book End Papers: “No one now living in Great Britain and doing work in his line can compare with Gordon Ross, now living in New York...He has no living superior; I doubt if he has his equal for the very quality needed to illustrate a humorous classic.” A superb draftsman, with a gift for portraiture, Ross's work has an ingratiating quality of lively elegance; his originals very seldom come on the market 21 x 14-1/2 inches. On verso is written in Ross's hand the title and “painted by Gordon Ross, St. Andrew's House, Kilmarnock.” Also pasted on the verso is a page from the book Rambles Through Kilmarnock, reprinting a poem that evidently inspired Ross's work: “A wild, weird look has the 'Lady's Walk', / And the trees are stripped and old...”. Unframed, on board; some wear and minor repair to corners or margins, overall very good

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• nº de pedido: 41806

• librero: James Cummins Bookseller Inc. (USA)