{"product_id":"a-first-class-life-on-a-third-class-ticket-the-edwardian-memoirs-of-ronald-gray-artist-and-traveller-paperback","title":"A First-Class Life on a Third-Class Ticket: The Edwardian memoirs of Ronald Gray, artist and traveller. - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Gocher\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRonald Gray, artist, had 'the most interesting life imaginable' according to his niece in her introduction to his 1943 memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Chelsea in the 1870s, he was an enthusiastic participant in the flourishing artistic life of London in the forty years before the First World War. He studied at the Westminster School of Art alongside Walter Russell, future Keeper of the Royal Academy, Henry Tonks and Aubrey Beardsley, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe worked for Alfred Harmsworth's 'Home Chat', and Charles Morley's 'Pall Mall Gazette'. He knew Beerbohm Tree, Lily Langtry and Oscar Wilde among many other giants of the London Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe travelled to Palestine, the Caribbean, South Africa (just after the Jameson Raid), Australia - where he painted the Chancellor of Sydney University - and the United States, where he visited the White House to paint the wife of President Taft. He loved the Chelsea Arts Club, of which he was a founding member.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120219066503,"sku":"9781800421806","price":24.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/be13503d9dea462dade9f7bb0413cb61.webp?v=1732545902","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-first-class-life-on-a-third-class-ticket-the-edwardian-memoirs-of-ronald-gray-artist-and-traveller-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}