Artist: James E McConnell Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board Size: 14" x 8" (356mm x 203mm) Date: 1972 Code: McConnellGaol
This is the unique original Pen & Ink Wash by James E McConnell.
William Scoresby had many adventures whilst whaling in the Arctic, but his most serious escapade happened when he was a young man.
While serving aboard a government ship he was captured by the Spanish and thrown into jail. Undeterred, William and his shipmates bided their time until the guards dozed in the sun, then overpowered them and escaped to the safety of Gibraltar.
Drawn to illustrate p17 of Look and Learn issue no. 533.
James E McConnell (1903 - 1995) Well known as a paperback and book jacket artist, particularly for Westerns, James McConnell never turned his hand to picture strips. Leonard Matthews, seeing his paperback work on display in a bookshop, soon had him working as a cover artist for Amalgamated Press, doing the majority of covers for the all text Western Library, a great many of the Cowboy Comics Library covers and a fair number of covers for Thriller Comics Library.
His robust, action-packed style is instantly recognisable. He always seemed more at home with cowboys rather than historical swashbucklers, his covers for the Western Library being of a particular high standard. Nonetheless, some of his historical covers for Thriller Comics Library are very satisfying for he is a great professional and can turn his hand to any genre. McConnell was an incredibly prolific artist, frequently completing a cover painting and the rough for another painting in the same day.
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