Charles Henry Ross

Charles Henry Ross
Born1835 (1835)
Died12 October 1897(1897-10-12) (aged 61–62)
Clapham, London, England
Area(s)Cartoonist, Writer, Editor
Notable works
Ally Sloper
Spouse(s)Marie Duval
Page 79 of an 1868 Charles Henry Ross' The Book of Cats.

Charles Henry Ross (1835 – 12 October 1897) was an English writer and cartoonist.

Biography

Ross created the fictional character Ally Sloper for the British magazine Judy in 1867,[1] the popular character was spun off into his own comic, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, in 1884.[2] Ross originally was the illustrator of the character until his French-born wife, under the pseudonym Marie Duval, later took over the illustration.[1] He had a son, Charles.[3]

For a number of years, Ross was the editor of Judy.[3]

He contributed a series of engravings, entitled "A Happy Day in a Varlet's Life. In a Series of Hard Lines", to the Ninth Season (1868) of Beeton's Christmas Annual.[4]

Ross was the author of six novels in genres ranging from Gothic penny dreadfuls to light romances.[3]

He died on 12 October 1897 in Clapham, London.[3]

Works

  • The Book of Cats (1868)

References

  1. ^ a b "Ally Sloper Web Exhibit: "Ally Sloper's Rise in Early Comic Culture"". University of Alberta. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
  2. ^ Peter Bailey (1 October 1983). "Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday: Comic Art in the 1880s". History Workshop Journal.
  3. ^ a b c d Denis Gifford (23 September 2004). "Ally Sloper group". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66301. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature, Volume 31, p. 788. Sampson Low, 1868. At Google Books. Retrieved 5 June 2014.


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