Signed Harry Rountree Princes GC Print
Signed Harry Rountree Princes GC Print
Vintage Harry Rountree Golf Print, Princes GC, Kent.
Signed Princes GC golf print after H. Rountree. This is a photolithograph of 'Princes GC, Kent' with the White Cliffs further along the coast in the back ground, signed by the artist bottom right hand corner, Harry Rountree. This is one of a series of aquatints of golf courses published at the time by Fores.
Harry Rountree (1880-1950) was known as an English painter of landscapes, however he was actually born in New Zealand. His golf course scenes were made famous in the 1910 book by Bernard Darwin ' The Golf Courses of the British Isles '.
Mount size:- 39 cm high by 55½ cm wide
Harry Rountree (1880-1950) was known as an English illustrator, animal painter and lithographer, however he was actually born in Auckland, New Zealand. He began working for Wilson and Horton Printers in his home city, designing show-cards, advertisements, and product labels. Wilson and Horton also published the Auckland Weekly News, to which Rountree progressed to become their special artist. In 1901 he decided to come to England to seek his fortune. To start with he struggled to make very much progress, until Sam Hield Hamer, editor of Little Folks magazine asked him to illustrate his story 'Extracts from the Diary of a Duckling'. Rountree discovered his forte in animal illustration, which he developed by frequent sketching visits to London Zoo. The book was a success and it was after this commission that Rountree's career began to flourish, and he became in demand as an illustrator.
Noted for his wonderful illustrations of British golf courses and golfing caricatures, with his golf course scenes becoming famous in the 1910 book by Bernard Darwin 'The Golf Courses of the British Isles'. Rountree became President of the London Sketch Club in 1914 and later retired to St. Ives, Cornwall.
Dimensions:
1900-1949
Circa 1925
photolithograph
United Kingdom
Harry Rountree
The mount is covered with protective cellophane, hence some shadows and lines on the images.
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 was known as an English painter of landscapes, however he was actually born in New Zealand. His golf course scenes were made famous in the 1910 book by Bernard Darwin ' The Golf Courses of the British Isles '.Mount size:- 39 cm high by 55½ cm wideHarry Rountree (1880-1950) was known as an English illustrator, animal painter and lithographer, however he was actually born in Auckland, New Zealand. He began working for Wilson and Horton Printers in his home city, designing show-cards, advertisements, and product labels. Wilson and Horton also published the Auckland Weekly News, to which Rountree progressed to become their special artist. In 1901 he decided to come to England to seek his fortune. To start with he struggled to make very much progress, until Sam Hield Hamer, editor of Little Folks magazine asked him to illustrate his story 'Extracts from the Diary of a Duckling'. Rountree discovered his forte in animal illustration, which he developed by frequent sketching visits to London Zoo. The book was a success and it was after this commission that Rountree's career began to flourish, and he became in demand as an illustrator.Noted for his wonderful illustrations of British golf courses and golfing caricatures, with his golf course scenes becoming famous in the 1910 book by Bernard Darwin 'The Golf Courses of the British Isles'. Rountree became President of the London Sketch Club in 1914 and later retired to St. Ives, Cornwall.){kind=link}