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Home > Illustrations > Mother and Child

Mother and Child

By Jessie Willcox Smith | Created: 1908

Mother and Child
Publication
  • Cover illustration for Dream Blocks by Aileen Cleveland Higgins
Publication Date
  • 1908
Medium
  • Oil and Charcoal
Support
  • Canvas
Illustration Size
  • 27" x 33"
Collection
  • Collection of Jane and Ben Eisenstat

©Public Domain

This painting, which appeared on the book’s cover, was one of sixteen that Smith created to illustrate Dream Blocks, Aileen Cleveland Higgins’s sentimental collection of verse for children.

Genres
  • Books
  • Cover Art
  • Interior Illustration
  • Courtroom Drawings
Global Perspectives
  • North America
Related Time Periods
  • The Decade 1900-1910 The Decade 1900-1910

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