| 释义 |
- Critical assessment
- Published works (selected)
- Further reading
- References
- External links
{{Infobox artist
| name = Charles George Harper
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| image = Charlesgeorgeharper01 sketch.jpg
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| alt = Charles George Harper
| caption = Charles George Harper
Sketch magazine, 30th Sep 1896
| birth_date = 1863
| birth_place = Marylebone, London
| death_date = 1943
| death_place = Petersham, London
| nationality = British
| education =
| alma_mater =
| known_for = Self-illustrated travel books
| style = Pen drawing
}}Charles George Harper (1863 – 1943) was an English author and illustrator. Born in London, England, Harper wrote many self-illustrated travel books, exploring the regions, roads, coastlines, literary connections, old inns etc. of Britain. In later life, he lived in Petersham. Aside from the some 170 topographical works, he also wrote a few books on drawing and its techniques, including English Pen Artists of To-day (1892) and A Practical Handbook of Drawing for Modern Methods of Reproduction (1894), as well as an anti-feminist polemic, Revolted Woman; past, present, and to come (1894), and a satirical novel, Hearts Do Not Break: a Tale of the Lower Slopes (1896), attacking logrolling among the London literary set. Critical assessmentR. E. D. Sketchley’s English book-illustration of to-day (1903) characterised Harper’s travel books as “… written and drawn with spirited observation. His drawing is not so picturesque as his writing. It has reticence and justness of expression that would not serve in relating tales of the road, but which, together with a sense of colour and of what is pictorial, combine to form an effective and frequently distinctive style of illustration”. N. W. Webster’s article The English traveller (1974) describes him as “more a capable draughtsman than a creative artist, although his books would lose much without his delightful sketches”. Published works (selected)- [https://archive.org/details/cu31924021875566 Revolted Woman; past, present, and to come] (London, Elkin Mathews, 1894)
- [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008646527 The marches of Wales: notes and impressions on the Welsh borders, from the Severn Sea to the Sands o' Dee] (London, Chapman & Hall, 1894)[1]
- Hearts Do Not Break: a Tale of the Lower Slopes (London, Kegan Paul & Co., 1896)
- The Exeter Road, the story of the west of England highway (Chapman & Hall, 1899)
- [https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/holyheadroadmail01harp The Holyhead Road] (Chapman & Hall, 1902)
- Cycle Rides Round London (CHAPMAN & HALL, 1902)
- [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028032187 The Hardy country; literary landmarks of the Wessex novels] (London, A. & C. Black, 1904).
- [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028036246 The Ingoldsby country; literary landmarks of the "Ingoldsby legends"] (London, A. & C. Black, 1904)
- The Old Inns of Old England – [https://archive.org/details/cu31924070683937 Vol. 1], [https://archive.org/details/cu31924070683929 Vol. 2] (Chapman & Hall, 1906).[2]
- The Hastings Roadๅ, And the "Happy Springs of Tunbridge" (Chapman & Hall, Ltd. 1906)
- [https://archive.org/details/hauntedhousesta00harpgoog Haunted Houses: Tales of the Supernatural: With Some Account of Hereditary Curses and Family Legends] (1907)
- [https://archive.org/details/southdevoncoast00harpiala The South Devon coast] (Chapman & Hall, 1907)
- [https://archive.org/details/northdevoncoast00harp The North Devon coast] (Chapman & Hall, 1908)
- [https://archive.org/details/somersetcoast00harp The Somerset coast] (Chapman & Hall, 1909).
- Thames Valley Villages – [https://archive.org/details/thamesvalleyvill01harpiala Vol. 1], [https://archive.org/details/thamesvalleyvill02harpiala Vol. 2] (Chapman & Hall, 1910)
- [https://archive.org/details/summerdaysinshak00harp Summer days in Shakespeare land] (J. Pott & Co., 1913).
- [https://archive.org/details/kentishcoast00harprich The Kentish coast] (Chapman & Hall, 1914)
- [https://archive.org/details/doverroadannalso00harpiala The Dover road: annals of an ancient turnpike] (Cecil Palmer, 1922)
- [https://archive.org/details/greatnorthroadol00harpiala The Great North road, the old mail road to Scotland] (Charles Palmer, 1922).
- On The Road In Holland; notes and impressions in the quaint country of dykes and canals (Cecil Palmer, 1922)
Further reading- Sketchley, R. E. D. [https://archive.org/details/englishbookillus00sket English book-illustration of to-day] (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and co., 1903), pp 47–48.
- Webster, N. W. The English traveller: Charles G. Harper, 1863-1943 (Antiquarian Book Monthly Review, issue 16, 1974).
- Charles Baker. British book illustrators 1860 – 1900 - A bibliography (Birmingham bookshop, 1978).
References1. ^{{cite journal|title=Review of The Marches of Wales by Charles G. Harper|journal=The Athenaeum|issue= 3525|date=18 May 1895|page= 634|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c3469030;view=1up;seq=648}}
2. ^{{cite journal|title=Review of The Old Inns of Old England by Charles G. Harper|journal=The Athenaeum|issue= 4130|date=22 December 1906|pages=794–795|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.79233813;view=1up;seq=804}}
External links- {{Gutenberg author | id=Harper,+Charles+G.+(Charles+George) | name=Charles George Harper}}
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Charles George Harper}}
- {{Librivox author |id=10202}}
- Chronological list of books by C G Harper (booksandwriters.co.uk)
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