Mead Schaeffer Figurative Paintings

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...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: 33" x 28", Framed Dimensions: 36.5" x 31.5" Original advertisement for Packard Motor Company, published 1930. Though...

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 ...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right A close friend of Norman Rockwell, Mead Schaeffer focused his early career on illustrations for classic, historical, and adventure novels, including Moby Dick, The Count of Monte Christo, and King Arthur and His Knights. The featured lot, a masterpiece of political intrigue, was published as a story illustration for Joseph C...

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

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right

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...

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 ...

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...