Howard K. Elcock was a well-known illustrator who worked for magazines such as The Strand, Illustrated London News and Punch and illustrated several crime stories for Arthur Conan Doyle. He also designed numerous posters, for instance for the London Underground, Shell oil company and the London & North Eastern Railway. In the late 1920s, he spent some time in Buenos Aires from where he went to the United States in 1930. Elcock eventually became an American citizen. Sports motifs were among his favorite subjects including the finish of the 1908 Olympic marathon. Elcock drew several illustrations on “Polo in Argentina”. The drawing that was published in the New Year’s Eve 1930 edition of The Tatler under the title “Polo in Argentina” with the subtitle “Some Impressions at the Ayrshire Cup, Buenos Aires”, shows sketches that were made at the Hurlingham Club in Buenos Aires. Because of the initial G. in the 1932 catalog it was previously assumed that the artist was George A. Elcock who, however, never painted sports scenes.
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