Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928)

Lot 190

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Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928)

"With One Final Puff He Rolled Into the Trench," 1917
estate stamp "A B Frost" lower right
ink wash, 17 1/2 by 12 1/2 in.

Arthur B. Frost was born in Philadelphia in 1851, but spent his most prolific years in New Jersey. Considered one of the great illustrators of the Golden Age of American Illustration, he illustrated more than ninety books and produced thousands of illustrations for "Harper's Weekly," "Scribner's," and "Life" magazines. Frost's illustrative work chronicles the mood and details of the daily life of farmers, hunters, and fishermen, as well as barnyards and pastoral motifs. By 1876, he was on Harper's staff working on many books, including "Tom Sawyer," "Uncle Remus," and "Mr. Dooley." He also illustrated Theodore Roosevelt's sporting book, "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman." Frost was an ardent sportsman who spent his summers and autumns fishing, rowing, and hunting ducks and snipe. He completed hundreds of watercolors and oils of the New Jersey seaside. Frost is best known for his hunting and shooting prints which capture the drama of sport in realistic, detailed settings. Frost lived at his estate, Moneysunk, in Convent Station, New Jersey.

A.B. Frost created this drawing as an illustration for the story "Wamble: His Day Out," which appeared in "Collier's Weekly" in 1917.

Provenance: The Estate of the Artist
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Sale 3834, item 405, January 29, 1976
The Estate of Ann Dickinson Dale

Literature: Samuel Hopkins Adams, "Wamble: His Day Out," Collier's Weekly, January 13, 1917, pp. 16-18, illustrated.

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