Ernest Prater
Ernest Prater (1864–1950) was a noted English artist and book illustrator, notable also for his work as a war correspondent and reportage artist during the Anglo-Boer War.
Life and works
Prater was born in Islington in London, of Cornish descent. He began his working life as a publisher's clerk and took up drawing. He served for a period with the 3rd Middlesex Artillery.[1] he became a Boer War correspondent for The Sphere, sending back illustrations from the battlefield.[2] He also worked for the Black & White Budget and The Graphic newspapers.[3] As well as being an illustrator, he was an adept photographer.[4] He contributed illustrations to the Strand Magazine, Pall Mall Gazette and Boy's Own Paper and for books published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the Religious Tract Society, Carey Press, Sheldon Press and others.
Prater specialised in illustrating boys' adventure stories. Among the well-known authors whose works he illustrated were G.A. Henty, R.M. Ballantyne, W.H.G. Kingston, Percy F. Westerman, Frank T. Bullen, Tom Bevan, Herbert Hayens and Bessie Marchant.
He was noted for his painting The Last Pass: A Thrilling Moment in a Rugby Match'.[5]
References
- ^ Pat Hodgson, The War Illustrators, Macmillan, 1977, p.183
- ^ Albert Charles Robinson Carter. The Work of War Artists in South Africa (Art Journal, London, 1900 - reprinted with annotations by Steve Lunderstedt, W. Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberly, South Africa, 1999). ISBN 0620251980
- ^ Ryno Greenwall, Artists and illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War, Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg, 1992. ISBN 0958315426, ISBN 0958315469
- ^ John Gooch, The Boer War: Direction, Experience, and Image, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 071465101x
- ^ Derek Birley, Land of Sport and Glory: Sport and British Society, 1887-1910, International Studies in the History of Sport. 1995
- Bernard Dolman (Ed) 'Who's who in Art (The Art Trade Press Ltd., 1927).
Selected illustrated books
- Henty, G. A. The lost heir (Toronto: Copp, Clark, 1899).
- Lampen, Charles Dudley. Mirango the man-eater: a tale of Central Africa (London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1899).
- Miller, J. Martin. Official history of the Russian-Japanese war (1904).
- Mathews, Basil Joseph. John Williams, the shipbuilder (London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1915).
- Padwick, C. E. Mackay of the Great Lake (London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1917).
External links
| Persondata |
| Name |
Prater, Ernest |
| Alternative names |
|
| Short description |
|
| Date of birth |
1864 |
| Place of birth |
|
| Date of death |
1950 |
| Place of death |
|