Category: Antique Illustrations

David Copperfield and His Mother by Jessie Willcox Smith

David Copperfield and His Mother by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #4 (Holding onto the banisters, she put him gently away) from Little Women by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #4 (Holding onto the banisters, she put him gently away) from Little Women by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #3 (Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy) from Little Women by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #3 (Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy) from Little Women by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (They all drew to the fire) from Little Women by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (They all drew to the fire) from Little Women by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #8 (There sat his mother by the fire, and in her arms lay the princess fast asleep.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #8 (There sat his mother by the fire, and in her arms lay the princess fast asleep.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #7 (Curdie went on after her, flashing his torch about.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #7 (Curdie went on after her, flashing his torch about.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #6 (The goblins fell back a little when he began, and made horrible grimaces all through the rhyme.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #6 (The goblins fell back a little when he began, and made horrible grimaces all through the rhyme.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #5 (“Come,” and she still held out her arms) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #5 (“Come,” and she still held out her arms) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #4 (In an instant she was on the saddle, and clasped in his great strong arms.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #4 (In an instant she was on the saddle, and clasped in his great strong arms.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #3 (“Never mind, Princess Irene,” he said. But you sha’n’t break your word. “You mustn’t kiss me tonight. I will come another time.”) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #3 (“Never mind, Princess Irene,” he said. But you sha’n’t break your word. “You mustn’t kiss me tonight. I will come another time.”) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #2 (She clapped her hands with delight, and up rose such a flapping of wings.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #2 (She clapped her hands with delight, and up rose such a flapping of wings.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (She ran for some distance, turned several times, and then began to be afraid.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (She ran for some distance, turned several times, and then began to be afraid.) from The Princess and the Goblin by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #8 (On the top of the great beech-tree.) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #8 (On the top of the great beech-tree.) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #7 (The collar was almost the worst part of the business.) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #7 (The collar was almost the worst part of the business.) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #6 (So Diamond sat down again and took the baby in his lap.) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #6 (So Diamond sat down again and took the baby in his lap.) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #5 (“Dear boy!” said his mother; “your father’s the best man in the world) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #5 (“Dear boy!” said his mother; “your father’s the best man in the world) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #4 (“Are you ill, dear North Wind?”) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #4 (“Are you ill, dear North Wind?”) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #3 (She took his hand, and giving him the broad part of the spiral stair to walk on, led him down a good way.) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #3 (She took his hand, and giving him the broad part of the spiral stair to walk on, led him down a good way.) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith