1915
As a Special Privilege the Zealot Bore it in Blazing
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration for “Kitchen Sketches” by Elizabeth Hale Gilman for Scribner’s, published May 1903. Rendered in charcoal with accents of pastel orange and yellow, the illustrations fo...
Paper, Mixed Media
Alcott's Old Fashioned Girl
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"'I choose this,' said Polly, holding up a long white kid glove, shrunken and yellow with time, but looking as if it had a history." Illustration for An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa...
Board, Charcoal
Boy Playing Dress-Up, Story Illustration
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"He surveyed himself with satisfaction." Illustration for An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott, published in 1902 by Little, Brown, & Company Smith, Jessie Willcox: Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1863 to an affluent family, Jessie Willcox Smith attended private schools in that city, as well as in Cincinnati, Ohio. At age 20, she went to work as a kindergarten teacher but soon learned that she could not handle the stress of dealing with small children. On a suggestion from one of her cousins, Smith took art classes, first at the School of Design for Women, then at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Later, Smith went on to study at Drexel University. It was at that school she became good friends with two other artists, Elizabeth Shippen Green and Violet Oakley. The trio dubbed themselves "The Red Rose Girls...
Board, Charcoal
Bed-Time, Scribners Monthly Magazine Illustration
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1902 Medium: Charcoal, Watercolor and Oil on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 23.50" x 15.50", Framed 31.50" x 23.00" Bed-Time, published...
Charcoal, Illustration Board, Oil, Watercolor
Portrait of Seated Girl
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Right
Paper, Charcoal
The Young Scholar, Original cover for Good Housekeeping magazine, October 1922
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Good Housekeeping, published October 1922. The Young Scholar, reproduced on the cover of the October 1922 issue of Good Housekeeping, demonstrates Jessie Willcox ...
Paper, Mixed Media, Board
Oswald Rimmer (1870-1951) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, At The Piano
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study depicting a young girl at the piano. She sits facing the artist dressed in blue with a music sheet opened behind her. Signed to the lower right. Presen...
Watercolor
Mother and Child, Golden Age of Illustration
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Miami, FL
America's greatest female illustrator draws a heartwarming picture of a mother putting to bed her child. Motherly love towards their children is the artist's most iconic theme. This ...
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Peter Ilsted, Mezzotint in Colors, "By the Spinette", Early 20th C
Located in København, Copenhagen
Peter Ilsted (1861-1933). Mezzotint in colors. "By the spinette". Opus 10. Early 20th century. Visible dimensions: 35 x 32 cm. Total dimensions: 44 x 38 cm. In excellent conditi...
Other
Book of Verses
By Lilian Westcott Hale
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Book of Verses, 1924 Charcoal on paper 29 x 23 inches (73.7 x 58.4 cm) Framed dimensions: 33 3/8 x 27 5/8 inches Signed upper right: Lilian Westcott Hale...
Paper, Charcoal
Peter Ilsted, Interior with Two Girls at the Piano, Mezzotint in Colors
Located in København, Copenhagen
Peter Ilsted, Interior with two girls at the piano. Mezzotint in colours. Visable size 21.5 cm x 20 cm. Total dimensions: 26,5 cm x 31 cm. In ve...
Paper
Interior with Figure - Pastel and Watercolor Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure in an Interior is an original modern artwork realized by a French artist in the first decades of the XX Century. Original colored watercolor and pastels on paper. Very goo...
Pastel, Watercolor
