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King of the Khybor Rifles, Everybody's Magazine story illustration
Auction: 10/13/2012 - 10/14/2012
Lot: 78029
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Joseph Clement Coll AUCTION RECORDS
1881 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1921. Known for: Narrative, book and magazine illustration, ink drawings.
Well-known illustrator Joseph Clement Coll was born in 1881, the son of an Irish bookbinder. Self-taught from the works of Vierge, Pyle, and Abbey, his talent was such that he was taken on as an... Read full biography
Well-known illustrator Joseph Clement Coll was born in 1881, the son of an Irish bookbinder. Self-taught from the works of Vierge, Pyle, and Abbey, his talent was such that he was taken on as an apprentice newspaper artist on the New York American at the age of seventeen. He quickly learned the... Read full biography
Well-known illustrator Joseph Clement Coll was born in 1881, the son of an Irish bookbinder. Self-taught from the works of Vierge, Pyle, and Abbey, his talent was such that he was taken on as an apprentice newspaper artist on the New York American at the age of seventeen. He quickly learned the skills of a reporter and was sent to Chicago for additional training. In 1901, he returned to New York where he worked on the newly formed Sunday North American. After seeing his works, the editor of the... Read full biography
Well-known illustrator Joseph Clement Coll was born in 1881, the son of an Irish bookbinder. Self-taught from the works of Vierge, Pyle, and Abbey, his talent was such that he was taken on as an apprentice newspaper artist on the New York American at the age of seventeen. He quickly learned the skills of a reporter and was sent to Chicago for additional training. In 1901, he returned to New York where he worked on the newly formed Sunday North American. After seeing his works, the editor of the paper rewarded him with challenging assignments, to which he often contributed design and lettering. The ability to reproduce pen drawings without engravings was a relatively modern advancement in this era. Until the 1880s, most art reproduced in... Read full biography
Well-known illustrator Joseph Clement Coll was born in 1881, the son of an Irish bookbinder. Self-taught from the works of Vierge, Pyle, and Abbey, his talent was such that he was taken on as an apprentice newspaper artist on the New York American at the age of seventeen. He quickly learned the skills of a reporter and was sent to Chicago for additional training. In 1901, he returned to New York where he worked on the newly formed Sunday North American. After seeing his works, the editor of the paper rewarded him with challenging assignments, to which he often contributed design and lettering. The ability to reproduce pen drawings without engravings was a relatively modern advancement in this era. Until the 1880s, most art reproduced in line was drawn in pencil, on wood, and printed from the engraved wood block. Photography was initially used to only transfer the image... Read full biography
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Joseph Clement Coll 
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeKing of the Khyber Rifles, Everybody's Magazine story illustration: A Pair of Works
Joseph Clement Coll Auction: 05/10/2014Lot: 70300Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeJoseph Clement Coll Guns of the Gods Illustration Original Art (Bobbs-Merrill, 1921)
Joseph Clement Coll Auction: 05/28/2015 - 5/30/2015Lot: 92143Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assignee"He saluted me with an oddness in his look. 'Is it Sir Edward?' he asked in surprise," illustration for H. B. Marriott Watson's "The Babes in the Wood," Sunday Magazine, December 27, 1914, p 7.
Joseph Clement Coll Auction: 06/22/2011Lot: 12Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe Adversary, Collier's magazine interior, June 22, 1918
Joseph Clement Coll Auction: 11/04/2025Lot: 71006Subscribe or get free alerts
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