Gordon Hope Grant (1875-1962) was an American artist, well-known for his maritime watercolors, and his work with the American Boy Scouts. He was born in San Francisco in 1875, and died in 1962. His best known work is likely his watercolor of the USS Constitution. He also produced war time posters during WW I, and illustrations for books such as ''

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'', and magazine covers for periodicals such as ''

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'' and illustrations for ''

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.'' He was the cover designer for the first edition of the ''

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'' in 1911 (The 1910 edition was a stopgap blending "Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys that had been published in England in 1908 and his (Seton's) own Birch Bark Roll used by the Woodcraft Indians "). He was illustrator for '' The Story of American Sailing Ships'' by

Charles S. Strong Charles Stanley Strong (November 29, 1906October 11, 1962) was a writer, adventurer and explorer. His pen names include Chuck Stanley, William McClellan, Carl Sturdy, Kelvin McKay, Nancy Bartlett, Myron Keats, Charles Stoddard, Larry Regan, t ...

, ''

The Scarlet Plague ''The Scarlet Plague'' is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel by American writer Jack London, originally published in ''London Magazine'' in 1912. The book was noted in 2020 as having been very similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially given Lo ...

'' by Jack London, '' Eternal Sea: An Anthology of Sea Poetry'' edited by

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and many other works. He was a member of the Association of American Artists and many of his prints were sold through it. His brother, Douglas Grant was also a watercolorist, and his nephews include Gordon Kenneth Grant (1908–1940), an artist who painted the murals in the Ventura, California post office, and

Campbell Grant Campbell may refer to: People Surname * Campbell (surname), includes a list of people with surname Campbell Given name * Campbell Brown (footballer), an Australian rules footballer * Campbell Brown (journalist) (born 1968), American television ne ...

(born 1909). Campbell Grant is heard in several Walt Disney films, and is credited with some of the story development for ''Fantasia'' (1940), character development in '' Pinocchio'' (1940), and illustrated a book on the Chumash Indians of

Channing Peak Channing may refer to: Places * Channing, Michigan, U.S. * Channing, Texas, U.S. Other uses * Channing (name) * ''Channing'' (TV series), a 1960s television series, also known as ''The Young and the Bold'', starring Jason Evers and Henry Jones ...

.Oral history interview with Campbell Grant, 1965 June 4
Archives of American Art] "one of my paternal uncles was Gordon Grant, the marine painter", " His younger brother, Douglas, was also quite a competent water colorist."

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