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Artist: Mead Schaeffer
"She Was in the Captain's Cabin" Original Magazine Story Illustration
"She Was in the Captain's Cabin" Original Magazine Story Illustration

"She Was in the Captain's Cabin" Original Magazine Story Illustration

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

She Was in the Captain's Cabin, magazine story illustration for "Captain's Boy," by Paul Deresco Augsburg, published in American Magazine, October 1938 The full caption reads: "She ...

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1930s Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Peggy O'Neil, Redbook Magazine Interior Illustration, 1932
Peggy O'Neil, Redbook Magazine Interior Illustration, 1932

Peggy O'Neil, Redbook Magazine Interior Illustration, 1932

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Illustration for “Women America Remembers: Peggy O’Neil” by Arthur D. Howden Smith for The Red Book Magazine, published March 1930, illustrated pages 20-21. This painting by Mead Schaeffer depicts a romantic encounter between Peggy O'Neil and her first husband, John Timberlake. The accompanying caption reads: "It was inevitable that Peggy should fall in love—and she did, with John Timberlake, who had little besides his face to recommend him." It was created in 1930 for the third installment of The Red Book Magazine’s “Women America Remembers” series, which features stories of women famous for “personality, beauty, wit or audacity, or because of the tragedy left in their train.” Margaret ("Peggy") O'Neil Eaton remains a figure of historical intrigue, primarily for her central role in the "Petticoat Affair," a significant political scandal during Andrew Jackson's presidency. The circumstances surrounding Peggy’s marriage to John Eaton, occurring shortly after the death of her first husband, John Timberlake, and her family’s background as tavern-keepers, coupled with her perceived impudent personality, subjected her to intense social scrutiny in Washington D.C. Upon John Eaton's appointment as Secretary of War, Peggy faced social ostracism led by Floride Calhoun, wife of Vice President John Calhoun...

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1930s Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Swimming Hole, Post Cover
Swimming Hole, Post Cover

Swimming Hole, Post Cover

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

The Saturday Evening Post, June 25, 1949, cover illustration. Page 3 of the Post states: Long ago, that dam behind which the East Arlington, Vermont, lads are swimming in Mead Scha...

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1940s Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Two Men
Two Men

Two Men

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Upper Left Image of two men, one seated and one standing. From the book Head Tide by Joseph C. Lincoln

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1930s Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tulip-Tree Honey
Tulip-Tree Honey

Tulip-Tree Honey

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned "'I love you both,' she faltered. 'I can't, I just can't think of marrying one of you for the sadness of losing the other.'" Illustration f...

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1920s Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'The Dead Ride Hard'
'The Dead Ride Hard'

'The Dead Ride Hard'

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Date: 1926 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 30.00" Framed Dimensions: 35⅛ x 39⅛ in. Signature: Signed Lower Left Magazine story illustration for "The Dead Ride Hard," for ...

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1930s Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“For A Discriminating Clientele: Spanish Lace” Proposed Packard Motor Car Co. Ad
“For A Discriminating Clientele: Spanish Lace” Proposed Packard Motor Car Co. Ad

“For A Discriminating Clientele: Spanish Lace” Proposed Packard Motor Car Co. Ad

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 26.00" x 24.00" Framed Dimensions: 30.25" x 28.25" Original proposed advertisement for Packard Motor Company, circa 1929. Though Packard automobil...

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Mid-20th Century Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Colonial Tavern Scene
Colonial Tavern Scene

Colonial Tavern Scene

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right

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20th Century Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Beethoven: A New Life, Original Magazine Story Illustration
Beethoven: A New Life, Original Magazine Story Illustration

Beethoven: A New Life, Original Magazine Story Illustration

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Story illustration for “Beethoven: A New Life” by Emil Ludwig for Cosmopolitan, published December 1928, page 22. The full caption reads: “At the premiere of Beethoven’s heroic oper...

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1920s Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Golden Boys Book Cover
Golden Boys Book Cover

Golden Boys Book Cover

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Approximate Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Size: 38.00" x 25.00" Men depicted in a winter scene, used as a book cover ...

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1920s Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Great-Aunt Lavinia, Original Magazine Story Illustration
Great-Aunt Lavinia, Original Magazine Story Illustration

Great-Aunt Lavinia, Original Magazine Story Illustration

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Story illustration for “Great-Aunt Lavinia” by Joseph C. Lincoln for Good Housekeeping magazine, published July 1936, pages 26-27. The full caption reads: “The Judge read the lette...

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1930s Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Oil

U.S. Army Encampment
U.S. Army Encampment

U.S. Army Encampment

By Mead Schaeffer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 29.75" x 38.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right This illustration by Mead Schaeffer was used as a Martin-Lockhead Electronics & Missiles Corp advertis...

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Mid-20th Century Mead Schaeffer Art

Materials

Oil, Board

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Find a wide variety of authentic Mead Schaeffer art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mead Schaeffer in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Not every interior allows for large Mead Schaeffer art, so small editions measuring 22 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Harold Anderson, Harold von Schmidt, and Spencer Pryse. Mead Schaeffer art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $6,500 and tops out at $69,000, while the average work can sell for $16,000.

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