John Goss

John Goss (1886 or 1887-1963) was a watercolor artist based in Massachusetts and Maine. He was a member of the Boston Art Club and one of five modernists who founded an offshoot group, the New Society of Watercolor Painters.

Goss also had a successful career as a book artist. He illustrated numerous works for a juvenile audience published by the Page Company in Boston, notably several titles in the "Little Cousin" and "Little Cousins of Long Ago" series, including Evaleen Stein's Little Norman Cousin of Long Ago. Goss also supplied the illustrations for Stein's Little Count of Normandy, as well as the color frontispiece to Rosechen and the Wicked Magpie.

Goss illustrated a number of books for older readers too, including several volumes in the Page Company's "Blue Bonnet" series and books by Daisy Rhodes Campbell about the actress Virginia Hammond.

View more books illustrated by John Goss:

Brooks, Eva Cannon. Francisco, Our Little Argentine Cousin. Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1910. Courtesy of HathiTrust.

Campbell, Daisy Rhodes. The Fiddling Girl: The Story of Virginia Hammond. Boston: The Page Company, 1914. Courtesy of HathiTrust.

Cowles, Julia Darrow. Our Little Athenian Cousin of Long Ago; Being the Story of Hiero, a Boy of Athens. Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1913. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.

Jacobs, Caroline Emilia. A Texas Blue Bonnet. Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1910. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.

Front cover of "The Little Count of Normandy." Color binding by John Goss.

Front cover of "The Little Count of Normandy."

Endpaper of "The Little Count of Normandy." Front pastedown with color illustration by John Goss.

Endpaper of "The Little Count of Normandy."

Endpaper of "The Little Count of Normandy." Front flyleaf with color illustration by John Goss.

Endpaper of "The Little Count of Normandy."

"'Begone, little rascal!'" Black and white frontispiece to "The Little Count of Normandy." By John Goss.

"'Begone, little rascal!'"

"They were not long in attacking him." Black and white plate from "The Little Count of Normandy." By John Goss.

"They were not long in attacking him."

"'Fly away, Fifi, … and carry my message straight to Bellaire!'" Black and white plate from "The Little Count of Normandy." By John Goss.

"'Fly away, Fifi, … and carry my message straight to Bellaire!'"

"'Oh, ho, youngster! whence came these?'" Black and white plate from "The Little Count of Normandy." By John Goss.

"'Oh, ho, youngster! whence came these?'"

"He dragged him quickly outside the group of people." Black and white plate from "The Little Count of Normandy." By John Goss.

"He dragged him quickly outside the group of people."

"She noticed a horseman coming into view around a bend in the road." Black and white plate from "The Little Count of Normandy." By John Goss.

"She noticed a horseman coming into view around a bend in the road."

Front cover of "Our Little Norman Cousin of Long Ago." Color binding by John Goss.

Front cover of "Our Little Norman Cousin of Long Ago."

Henri and Alan. Color frontispiece to "Our Little Norman Cousin of Long Ago." By John Goss.

Henri and Alan

"Brought dishes of beans, cabbage, turnips and other vegetables." Tinted black and white plate from "Our Little Norman Cousin of Long Ago." By John Goss.

"Brought dishes of beans, cabbage, turnips and other vegetables."

"The boys … took a fencing lesson from Hugh." Tinted black and white plate from "Our Little Norman Cousin of Long Ago." By John Goss.

"The boys … took a fencing lesson from Hugh."

"Blowing short, sharp blasts on a trumpet." Tinted black and white plate from "Our Little Norman Cousin of Long Ago." By John Goss.

"Blowing short, sharp blasts on a trumpet."

"'In the name of God and Saint Michael I dub thee knight.'" Tinted black and white plate from "Our Little Norman Cousin of Long Ago." By John Goss.

"'In the name of God and Saint Michael I dub thee knight.'"

"The ships floated quietly at the mouth of the river Dives." Tinted black and white plate from "Our Little Norman Cousin of Long Ago." By John Goss.

"The ships floated quietly at the mouth of the river Dives."

"Come, magpie! Come see what I have brought you!" Color frontispiece to "Rosechen and the Wicked Magpie." By John Goss.

"Come, magpie! Come see what I have brought you!"

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