Gordon Hope Grant (1875-1962) was an American artist, well-known for his maritime watercolors, and his work with the American Boy Scouts.
[4] He also produced war time posters during WW I, and illustrations for books such as Penrod,[5] and magazine covers for periodicals such as Saturday Evening Post[6] and illustrations for Boys' Life.
[7] He was the cover designer for the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook 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 ").
[8] He was illustrator for The Story of American Sailing Ships by Charles S. Strong, The Scarlet Plague by Jack London, Eternal Sea: An Anthology of Sea Poetry edited by William Martin Williamson and many other works.
[9] He was a member of the Association of American Artists and many of his prints were sold through it.