A J Balliol Salmon

A. J. Balliol Salmon
Balliol Salmon, photographed in about 1922.
Born
Arthur John Balliol Salmon

1 June 1868
Manchester, Lancashire, England
DiedJanuary 3, 1953(1953-01-03) (aged 84)[1]: 420 
Northiam, East Sussex, England
Education
Known forWatercolourist, pastellist, draughtsman, illustrator

Arthur John Balliol Salmon[note 1] (1868 – 1953) was a British artist particularly noted for his illustrations and his work in pencil, chalk and pastels. He was one of the twenty leading illustrators selected by Percy V. Bradshaw for inclusion in his Art of the Illustrator.[note 2]

Biography

Fancy Dress Ball at the Royal Palace Hotel, Kensington, in aid of Our Dumb Friend's League.
Calling the roll in the courtyard at Eton on the "Fourth of June" 1907.

Arthur John Balliol Salmon was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England on 1 June 1868.[3] He was the son of Henry Curwen Salmon and Ellen Fennell, who had married on 6 May 1857.[7] [note 3]

Balliol Salmon studied for a year under Fred Brown at the Westminster School, where his fellow pupils were F. H. Townsend and Fred Pegram. Salmon continued his training, together with Fred Pegram at Paris ateliers.[4] He trained at the Academie Julian in Paris. He lived in Glasgow and London.[12]

He pursued a career as teacher and illustrator, notably for The Graphic. Houfe wrote in his Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists (1996) that Balliol Salmon was one of the best pencil and chalk artists to work for the press in the Edwardian era.[13]

Balliol Salmon was chosen by art instructor Percy V. Bradshaw as one of the artists to illustrate "The Art of the Illustrator", the seminal collection of twenty portfolios demonstrating six stages of a single painting or drawing by twenty different artists and published in 1918.[14]

Selected illustrations

Book illustrations for the series of books by Angela Brazil

Salmon was Angela Brazil's favourite among her illustrators with his lovely elongated schoolgirls.[17]: 110  He illustrated seven of her books in the UK.[18]: 104  Different illustrators were used for different markets. Freeman states that Salmon's illustrations were jettisoned for comic cartoons in France and winsomeness in America.[17]: 110 

In the following list PG indicates whether the book is available on Project Gutenberg. The list is based on searches on Jisc library hub discover,[note 4] checked against the bibliography in Sims and Clare's Encyclopedia of Girls' School Stories.[18]: 104 

Books by Angela Brazil and illustrated by Salmon
No Title Published Year Pages (from Jisc) On PG
1 The Jolliest Term on Record Blackie, London 1915 288 p., 8º Yes
2 The Luckiest Girl in the School Blackie, London 1916 296 p., 6 ill., 8º Yes
3 The Madcap of the School Blackie, London 1917 288 p., 8º Yes
4 A Patriotic Schoolgirl Blackie, London 1918 288 p., 6 ill., 8º Yes
5 For the School Colours Blackie, London 1918 288 p., 8º Yes
6 The Head Girl at the Gables Blackie, London 1919 288 p., 6 ill., 8º Yes
7 A Popular Schoolgirl Blackie, London 1920 288 p., 5 ill., 8º Yes

Notes

  1. ^ Some sources given his name as J. M. Balliol Salmon. However, Kirkpatrick states that his birth certificate gives his name as Arthur John Balliol Salmon.[1]: 417  His entry for the 1911 census given his name as Arthur John Balliol Salmon. The 1939 register gives his name as Arthur J. B. Salmon.[2] Benezit not only gives his name as J. M. Balliol Salmon, but incorrectly treats Balliol Salmon as his surname. Who Was Who,[3] Peppin,[4] Kirkpatrick,[1], the 1939 Register[2] and the electoral registers all give his surname as Salmon.
  2. ^ This was a series of portfolios showing the work of twenty leading illustrators.[5] The Jisc catalogue shows the portfolios being issued from 1915 to 1920, and some of these issues may have been reissues. A review in The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors in August 1918 lists four artists (W. Russell Flint, Dudley Hardy, C. A. Shepperson, and Lawson Wood) as being in the first folios issued. The set of twenty portfolios cost £7. 7s. or £8. 8s. if purchased in monthly installments. Each of the twenty portfolios deal with the personality and working methods of a leading illustrator. Each contained:
    • a biography of the illustrator
    • an illustration of the illustrator at work in their studio
    • an explanation by the illustrator of their methods of working
    • an illustration typical of the artist's work
    • six plates showing the work at six stages of its production, from the first pencil rough to the finished drawing or colour sketch.[6]
  3. ^ It is not completely clear what Henry Curwen's profession was. Kirkpatrick says that he was a civil engineer and not a surgeon and barrister as some sources suggest.[1]: 417  The 1859 Kentish Gazette notice of Henry Curwen's involvency listed him as a Law Student and Speculator in Mines, a Geological Writer and Surveyor, Speculator in Mining Shares and Mining Agent. Henry Curwen described himself as an engineer and smelter in the 1861 census.[8] Henry Curwen was the editor of The Mining and Smelting Magazine in 1862[9] His editorship was listed in his obituary when he died in 1873.[10][11] Who Was Who give him as a barrister and notes that he was a F. C. S. and a F. G. S.
  4. ^ The Jisc Library Hub Discover brings together the catalogues of 165 Major UK and Irish libraries. Additional libraries are being added all the time, and the catalogue collates national, university, and research libraries.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kirkpatrick, Robert J. (2019). The Men Who Drew For Boys (And Girls): 101 Forgotten Illustrators of Children's Books: 1844-1970. London: Robert J. Kirkpatrick.
  2. ^ a b National Archives (29 September 1939). 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/2395E: E.D. EEQH. Kew: National Archives.
  3. ^ a b A. & C. Black Ltd. (1964). Who Was Who: Volume V 1951-1960: A Companion to Who's Who Containing the Biographies of Those Who Died During the Decade 1951-1960. Vol. 5: 1951-1960 (2nd ed.). London: Adam and Charles Black. p. 960. Retrieved 12 August 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
  4. ^ a b Peppin, Bridget; Micklethwait, Lucy (1984). Dictionary of British Book Illustrators: The Twentieth Centrury. London: John Murray. pp. 267–268. ISBN 0-7195-3985-4. Retrieved 19 June 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Bradshaw, Percy Venner (1918). The Art of the Illustrator: 20 individual portfolios, published from 1915 to 1918. London: Press Art Scjpp.
  6. ^ "The Connisseur Bookself". The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors. 51 (204): 223. 1 August 1918. Retrieved 12 August 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
  7. ^ "Marriages". Morning Advertiser (Saturday 09 May 1857): 8. 9 May 1857. Retrieved 12 August 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Insolvent Debtor". Kentish Gazette (Tuesday 04 January 1859): 4. 4 January 1859. Retrieved 12 August 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Literature". West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser (Friday 22 August 1862): 6. 22 August 1862. Retrieved 12 August 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Deaths". West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser (Thursday 08 May 1873): 5. 8 May 1873. Retrieved 12 August 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Deaths". The Cornish Telegraph (Wednesday 21 May 1873): 3. 21 May 1873. Retrieved 12 August 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Oxford University Press (2012). Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators. Vol. 2: Abbo-Lamp. Oxford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-19-992305-2. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  13. ^ Houfe, Simon (1996). Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club. p. 288. ISBN 1-85149-193-7 – via The Internet Archive.
  14. ^ Title: Balliol Salmon and His Work - The Art of The... Publisher: Press Art School, London Publication Date: 1920
  15. ^ Kendall, Lee (7 March 2006). "A Pen to Sink a Thousand Ships". Encyclopedia Titanica. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  16. ^ "Bonhams : J.M Balliol Salmon (British, 1868-1953) Portrait of Joan Bright". www.bonhams.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  17. ^ a b Freeman, Gillian (1976). The Schoolgirl Ethic; The Life and Work of Angela Brazil. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 0-7139-0741-X. Retrieved 12 August 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
  18. ^ a b Sims, Sue; Clare, Hilary (2020). The Encyclopaedia of Girls' School Stories. Coleford, Radstock: Girls Gone By Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84745-257-3.
  19. ^ "Libraries on Discover: Contributing libraries list". Library Hub Discover. 25 July 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  20. ^ "About Library Hub Discover". Library Hub Discover. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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