SMITH, JESSIE WILLCOX

Property from a Collection of American Illustration

SMITH, JESSIE WILLCOX

Autograph letter signed ("Jessie Willcox Smith"), 4 pages (7 x 5 1/4 in.; 178 x 133 mm), The Red Rose, Villa Nova, Pennsylvania, 4 August 1903, to Edward Bok. Matted, glazed and framed, with a reproduction of Rocking Baby Doll to Sleep, 1902 (framed: 14 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.; 360 x 640 mm)

American illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith to Edward Bok, celebrated editor of the Ladies Home Journal. In this letter, Smith discusses her work schedule and the commissions offered by the Ladies Home Journal. She ends with an invitation to Bok, his wife, and son to visit her in Villa Nova.

PROVENANCE

Edward William Bok (editor of the Ladies home Journal from 1889-1919) — S. Hallock du Pont. Jr., by decent to the present owner