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Jessie Willcox Smith Mixed Media

American, 1863-1935
But success as an illustrator wasn't immediate. She got a job in the production department of The Ladies Home Journal in 1889 and was still working there five years later when Howard Pyle began teaching illustration at Drexel Institute of Arts and Sciences. Smith was accepted as a pupil in his first class. At 31, she was only 10 years younger than her teacher and one of his oldest students. Elizabeth Shippen Green and Violet Oakley soon joined her in the class, and the three became lifelong friends. Smith's first commission through Pyle was for an 1897 edition of Evangeline that she illustrated with Oakley. The two joined another Pyle student to rent a studio, and Green later joined them there. In 1901, the three shared the lease on an old inn outside of Philadelphia. That's the same year as the illustration above from "The Last of the Fairy Wands" in the December issue of Scribners Magazine. She produced two calendars with Green for 1902 that helped establish the careers of both women. The most important was "The Child," which showcased some of her most sensitive renditions of children to date. The images were collected into a book the following year. One of Smith's three images from that book is above at right. The magazines and books of the day voraciously consumed as much color work as possible. Pyle's students were some of the best-prepared new entrants into the illustration market, and Pyle's name gave them access to the magazines' pages.
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Artist: Jessie Willcox Smith
The Young Scholar, Original cover for Good Housekeeping magazine, October 1922
The Young Scholar, Original cover for Good Housekeeping magazine, October 1922

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 ...

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1920s Jessie Willcox Smith Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media, Board

As a Special Privilege the Zealot Bore it in Blazing
As a Special Privilege the Zealot Bore it in Blazing

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...

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Early 1900s Jessie Willcox Smith Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media

Two Young Girls
Two Young Girls

Two Young Girls

By Jessie Willcox Smith

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Mixed Media Signature: Signed Lower Right Contact for dimensions.

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20th Century Jessie Willcox Smith Mixed Media

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The Pink Bonnet
The Pink Bonnet

The Pink Bonnet

By Jessie Willcox Smith

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Date: 1907 Medium: Mixed Media on Board Dimensions: 18.25" x 15.25" Signature: Signed Lower Right Provenance- From the Helen Hay Whitney estate (the author of The Bed-Time Book for ...

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Early 1900s Jessie Willcox Smith Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Board

Bobs, King of the Fortunate Isle
Bobs, King of the Fortunate Isle

Bobs, King of the Fortunate Isle

By Jessie Willcox Smith

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Mixed Media on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Annie W. Franchot, Bobs, King of the Fortunate Isle, New York, 1928, frontispiece illustration LITERATURE: Edward D. Nu...

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20th Century Jessie Willcox Smith Mixed Media

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Pease-Porridge Hot, Pease-Porridge Cold

Pease-Porridge Hot, Pease-Porridge Cold

By Jessie Willcox Smith

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Mixed Media on Paperboard Signature: Signed Lower Right This mixed media art by Jesssie Willcox Smith, entitled “Pease-Porridge Hot, Pease-Porridge Cold,” was executed in 19...

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1910s Jessie Willcox Smith Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media, Board

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Questions About Jessie Willcox Smith Mixed Media
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025
    The most famous book that Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated is arguably Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. However, the American artist also produced illustrations for numerous other books. Among them were A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, The Seven Ages of Childhood by Carolyn Wells, The Rhymes of Real Children by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and An Old-Fashioned Girl, also by Louisa May Alcott. Explore a range of Jessie Willcox Smith art on 1stDibs.