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 spectacular example was executed in minimal detail but delivered a huge emotional impact. Signed lower left.
Jessie Willcox Smith did this illustration for the 1905 edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's iconic collection A Child's Garden of Verses, first published in 1885.
Northwest Passage, In Port, circa 1905, signed lower left "Jessie Willcox Smith", also titled and signed in pencil lower left, ink on buff colored artist board, sheet 12-1/2 x 14-1/2 in; - Matted but not framed - Matted size 20 x 18.5 -matt has frayed edges and is under plexi
Condition: Good. Mat burn on extreme edges; otherwise, in good condition.