Category: Antique Illustrations

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

Plate #2 (“Now you lead me,” he said, taking her hand, “and I’ll take care of you.”) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #2 (“Now you lead me,” he said, taking her hand, “and I’ll take care of you.”) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (Against this he laid his ear, and then he heard the voice quite distinctly.) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (Against this he laid his ear, and then he heard the voice quite distinctly.) from At the Back of the North Wind by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (Elizabeth sat on a little wicker footstool at her feet.) from When Christmas Comes Around by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (Elizabeth sat on a little wicker footstool at her feet.) from When Christmas Comes Around by Jessie Willcox Smith

Sweet and Low from A Child’s Book of Old Verses by Jessie Willcox Smith (1910)

Sweet and Low from A Child’s Book of Old Verses by Jessie Willcox Smith (1910)

First the Infant in its Mother’s arms from The Seven Ages of Childhood by Jessie Willcox Smith (1909)

First the Infant in its Mother’s arms from The Seven Ages of Childhood by Jessie Willcox Smith (1909)

Hats from The Bed-Time Book by Jessie Willcox Smith (1907)

Hats from The Bed-Time Book by Jessie Willcox Smith (1907)

Auntie from The Bed-Time Book by Jessie Willcox Smith (1907)

Auntie from The Bed-Time Book by Jessie Willcox Smith (1907)

Plate #1 (Mother) from Rhymes of Real Children by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (Mother) from Rhymes of Real Children by Jessie Willcox Smith

Little Red Riding Hood by Jessie Willcox Smith (1916)

Little Red Riding Hood by Jessie Willcox Smith (1916)

Plate #3 (Punishment) from Dream Blocks by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #3 (Punishment) from Dream Blocks by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #2 (Doorsteps) from Dream Blocks by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #2 (Doorsteps) from Dream Blocks by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (Dream Blocks) from Dream Blocks by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (Dream Blocks) from Dream Blocks by Jessie Willcox Smith