Career
He was known for his pen and ink story illustrations that were used to illustrate adventure stories such as Conan Doyle"s Sir Nigel. Joseph Clement College began his professional career working for the New York American in the late 1890s. He was soon working for magazines such as Collier"s, Everybody"s and the American Sunday Magazine.
College"s reputation stands mainly on his pen & ink story illustrations.
He was influenced by the Spanish pen & ink artist Daniel Vierge. College was also a painter and he often did paintings for the cover or frontispiece of books which were reproduced in color and then pen & inks to illustrate the text.
He was considered to be an ideal illustrator for authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle and other adventure writers. His illustrations for books such as Talbot Mundy"s King of the Khyber Rifles and Sax Rohmer"s The Insidious Doctor Fu Manchu were widely reprinted for many years.
College died in 1921 of appendicitis, aged 40.
