100 Years of Illustration

Jessie Willcox Smith - The Child in a Garden

From Scribner's Monthly Magazine for December 1903. Click on images to enlarge.

Jessie Willcox Smith - A Mother's Day

More Jessie Willcox Smith images from the December 1902 issue of Scribner's Monthly Magazine. There was no accompanying text beyond the legends lettered within the illustrations.

A Jessie Willcox Smith Madonna

The title page of a special section devoted to the work of Jessie Willcox Smith in the December 1902 issue of Scribner's Monthly Magazine. This splendid work pays homage to the masterpieces in ceramic created by Andrea Della Robbia, who was born and died in Florence, Italy, 1435-1528. Click on the image to enlarge it. Sorry about the dingy color, four-color process printing was in its infancy in 1902.

Jessie Willcox Smith Illustrates Dickens, December 1910

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This is from "Dicken's Children, Four Drawings by Jessie Willcox Smith," which appeared in the Christmas issue of Scribner's Monthly Magazine for December 1910. It is of Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit on Christmas Day. "In came little Bob, the father, with at least three feet of comforter, exclusive of the fringe, darned up and brushed to look seasonable; and Tiny Tim upon his shoulder." Click on images to enlarge.

David Copperfield and Pegotty By The Parlour Fire. From David Copperfield.

Paul Dombey and Florence on the Beach at Brighton. From Dombey and Son.

Little Nell and her Grandfather at Mrs. Jarley's. From The Old Curiosity Shop.