Charles Henry Ross

Charles Henry Ross (1835 – 12 October 1897) was an English writer and cartoonist.

Charles Henry Ross
Born	1835 (1835)
Died	12 October 1897(1897-10-12) (aged 61–62) Clapham, London, England
Area(s)	Cartoonist, Writer, Editor
Notable works	Ally Sloper
Spouse(s)	Marie Duval

Page 79 of an 1868 Charles Henry Ross' The Book of Cats.

Biography

Ross created the fictional character Ally Sloper for the British magazine Judy in 1867,^[1] the popular character was spun off into his own comic, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, in 1884.^[2] Ross originally was the illustrator of the character until his French-born wife, under the pseudonym Marie Duval, later took over the illustration.^[1] He had a son, Charles.^[3]

For a number of years, Ross was the editor of Judy.^[3]

He contributed a series of engravings, entitled "A Happy Day in a Varlet's Life. In a Series of Hard Lines", to the Ninth Season (1868) of Beeton's Christmas Annual.^[4]

Ross was the author of six novels in genres ranging from Gothic penny dreadfuls to light romances.^[3]

He died on 12 October 1897 in Clapham, London.^[3]

Works

• The Book of Cats (1868)

References

1. "Ally Sloper Web Exhibit: "Ally Sloper's Rise in Early Comic Culture"". University of Alberta. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
2. Peter Bailey (1 October 1983). "Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday: Comic Art in the 1880s". History Workshop Journal.
3. Denis Gifford (23 September 2004). "Ally Sloper group". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66301. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature, Volume 31, p. 788. Sampson Low, 1868. At Google Books. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

External links

• Works by Charles H. Ross at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Charles Henry Ross at the Internet Archive
• Works by Charles Henry Ross at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)