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| Self Portrait 1944-46 oil on canvas 61.5 x 51 cm Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, UK |
Charles Pears (1873-1958) was a marine painter and lithographer, born at Pontefract, Yorkshire. Pears worked initially as a black-and-white artist for magazines from the late 1890s, serving as a theatrical caricaturist for Pick-Me-Up. During World War I he was an Official War Artist for the Admiralty, a position he repeated during World War II, and he gradually established a reputation as a sound marine painter with a strong sense of design. He was founder and first president of the RSMA and his work found its way into the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and the Imperial War Museum. However, as a versatile draughtsman he also did many posters and illustrated Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1922, and the works of Charles Dickens. He wrote a number of books, such as From the Thames to the Seine, 1910, and South Coast Cruising from the Thames to Penzance, 1931.He exhibited widely, including the RA, ROI and Fine Art Society. He lived in St. Mawes, Cornwall.
This is part 1 of a 6-part series on the works of Charles Pears:
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| 1904 A sailing boat on open water oil on board 40 x 50 cm |
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| 1904 from Seven Scenes from a Fairytale watercolour on paper 24 x 16 cm |
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| 1904 from Seven Scenes from a Fairytale watercolour on paper 24 x 16 cm |
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| 1904 The Reluctant Beggar oil on canvas-board 27 x 25 cm |
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| c1910 Yacht Regatta at Southend-on-Sea, Essex oil on canvas 75.5 x 50 cm Hull Maritime Museum, Kingston upon Hull |
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| 1913 Eastcote by District Railway Underground Electric Railways Company Ltd, 1913 colour lithograph poster 101.3 x 62.6 cm |
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| c1913 Cunard Line To New York colour lithograph poster 101 x 64.6 cm V&A Museum, London |
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| 1914 An Alphabet of T.O.T. colour lithograph poster V&A Museum, London |
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| 1914 An Alphabet of T.O.T. original artwork watercolour 13.3 x 22 cm V&A Museum, London |
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| A. Original artwork V&A Museum, London |
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| A's for Advertisement, also for Art. And the Aim of this Alphabet right from the start. |
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| B. Original artwork watercolour 13.3 x 22 cm V&A Museum, London. |
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| B is the useful ubiquitous Bus, A good way to travel for you and for us. |
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| C. Original artwork watercolour 13.3 x 22 cm V&A Museum, London |
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| C is the Current which whirls you along, You must not touch the rail or you'll find it too strong. |
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| D. Original artwork watercolour V&A Museum London |
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| D is the Driver whose care and and whose skill Lets us travel around and yet come to no ill. |
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| E. Original artwork watercolour V&A Museum London |
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| E is for Energy of the kind called electric, And this is the house where the engineer makes it. |
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| F. Original artwork watercolour V&A Museum London |
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| F is the Fare and while prices get steeper,It's the one thing in life which grows cheaper and cheaper. |
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| G. Original artwork watercolour V&A Museum London |
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| G for the Gateman who opens the gate, He'll do anything else but he won't let you wait. |
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| (Original artwork not found) H is for Holidays by Train, Tram of Bus, By these, you can travel without any fuss. |
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| I. Original artwork watercolour V&A Museum London |
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| I is Inspector and Interest too, If you won't pay your fare they are waiting for you. |
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| J. Original artwork watercolour 13.3 x 22 cm V&A Museum London |
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| J is for Junction where many lines meet, So that changing's more easy than crossing the street. |
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| K. Original artwork watercolour V&A Museum London |
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| K is Kilowatts - units of power, Our turbines produce 'em by thousands an hour. |
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| K. (version 2) Original artwork watercolour V&A Museum London |
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| This Is K Again. If an elephant were to climb to the top of St. Paul's it would use up one unit and then if it fell off the thump at the bottom would make another. That gives you some idea of the size of them. |
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| L for the Lifts which go up and down, To be found at our stations in all parts of Town. |
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| M. Original artwork watercolour V&A Museum London |
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| M is the Map which will make every way Of the mighty Metropolis plain as the day. |
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| N. Original artwork watercolour V&A Museum London |
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| N for the Non-Stops, the quickest of trains, That puzzles the poor Superintendent's brains. |
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| O. Original artwork watercolour 13.3 x 22 cm V&A Museum London |
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| O the Ozone which improves ventilation, And also the Otter at Mansion House Station. |
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| P. Original artwork watercolour 13.3 x 22 cm V&A Museum London |
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| Q. Original artwork watercolour 13.3 x 22 cm V&A Museum London |
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| Q is the questions the Public will ask, To give the right answer's the railwayman's task. |
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| R. Original artwork watercolour 13.3 x 22 cm V&A Museum London |
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| R for the Rails that our trains smoothly travel on, In every direction through this great Modern Babylon. |
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