Paddle Steamer 1816 (Signed) (Original)
Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board
Size: 16" x 6" (410mm x 160mm)
Date: 1974
Signature: Signed by artist lower right underneath steamer
Code: ArnoldBoatLL
This is the Signed unique original Pen & Ink Wash by John J Arnold.
Marvellous illustration of a Mississippi river boat with it's famous paddle wheel. Used to illustrate a feature on one-time Mississippi river boat pilot Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens).
Published in Look and Learn #664 5th October 1974.
- Artist BiographyJohn J Arnold
John J. Arnold was a commercial artist specialising in transport. He is known to have contributed illustrations to Look and Learn and Speed & Power magazines, and almost certainly contributed to other IPC Transport titles. His work for Look and Learn often involved beautifully rendered line & wash diagrams of cars, such as in his 'Classic Cars' series (1974) and 'Novelties of Mobility' (1974-75).
He also illustrated other forms of transport, including sailing ships and paddle steamers.
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