The Hanging Judge of Fort Smith (Signed) (Original)

Artist: Harry Green
Medium: Gouache on Acid-free Board
Size: 18" x 11" (450mm x 290mm)
Date: 1981
Signature: Signed by artist on reverse of the board
Code: GreenHangingJudge

This is the Signed unique original Gouache painting by Harry Green.

A great art board featuring the fearsome Wild West Judge Isaac Charles Parker, also known as The Hanging Judge.

The firearm featured is the Henry .44 rifle which was effectively the first practical lever-action rifle, introduced in 1860.

The famous gallows at Fort Smith could hang several criminals at once.

The left hand side of the art board features examples of livestock branding and the changed brands used by rustlers.

• Artist Biography
  Harry Green (born 1920; UK)
  A little-known artist, Harry Green contributed extensively to Look and Learn in the 1970s and 1980s, illustrating a variety of subjects ranging from historical buildings to football. However, it was as a transport illustrator that he really made his mark in the 1980 with the series "Britain's Railway Wonders". Green also contributed illustrations to Speed & Power in the 1970s.
  
  His book illustrations include Architecture (1969), Architecture: The Great Art of Building (1969), Discovery of Australia (1969) and Discovery of South America (1970), some of which were jointly illustrated by Gwen Green who was also a prolific children's educational book illustrator.