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Kate Greenaway, Set of 4 Antique Illustrated Christmas Card Prints
This is a set of 4 Kate Greenaway antique illustrated printed Christmas cards. They are all matching with Christmas sentiments. The expressions on the girls faces are precious. Wonderful details throughout. They are all trimmed with glittery gold pencil lines. The text is gold and has faded over time but is still readable. All four of these Christmas cards are signed "Kate Greenaway", along with the monogram,"KG". The original decorative molded wood frame retains its original silver finish. Original paper backing with the original framing company label. Original glass and wire hanger. Circa 1880’s.
Circa: 1880's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 9” Width - 19 ½” / Each Illustration Measures: Height - 4 ¾” Width - 3 ¼”
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Sweet Baby Sleeping, Antique Print / Listed Artist: Maud Tousey Fangel
This is an adorable antique print of a sleeping baby, by famous listed artist, "Maud Tousey Fangel". The artist’s signature is in the lower right corner. The bottom left corner of print, reads, "G.P. 8124 Litho in U.S.A. Co.". This print captures the delightful appeal and innocence of a sleeping child. Charming details and wonderful soft colors. The print is in excellent original condition. Original, complimentary, decorative molded wood frame. The frame is also in excellent original condition, along with original glass and wire hanger. Circa 1920’s.
***I have included below, some interesting facts and information on this artist, Maud Tousey Fangel:
In the 1930s, '40s, and '50s -- if you saw a sketch or portrait of a child on the cover of Ladies Home Journal or Woman's Home Companion, or inside the magazines advertising, say, Colgate's Talc Powder, Cream of Wheat, or Squibb's Cod Liver Oil, you were probably seeing the work of Maud Tousey Fangel. For a good part of the first half of the twentieth century Ms. Fangel was the children's artist in our country -- her illustrations of ruddy-cheeked, doe-eyed, curly-locked children were everywhere. They set the standard for their day and made Ms. Fangel a kind of celebrity -- the subject of frequent feature articles and a much in demand children's portrait painter.
Maud Tousey was born on January 1st, 1881, the daughter of a Professor of Divinity at Tufts College. She began drawing in earnest when she was a teenager. After college, she was presented her portfolio to an art director of Good Housekeeping, Guy Fangel, who gave her her first commercial assignments and later proposed marriage to her. Their son, Lloyd, began Ms. Fangel's fascination with drawing babies -- she did more than 1500 pictures of him before he was three -- and later she would immortalize his face as the boy on the Cracker Jack box.
Many of Ms. Fangel's pictures were done in pastels, which allowed her to capture the movements of her young subjects in swift, impressionistic strokes. Most of Ms. Fangel's models were children from poor families, from orphanages, and settlement houses. Unaware of this, one newspaper referred to these children as "glamour babies." But Ms. Fangel understood the youngsters who sat and wiggled and dozed in the high chair for her a little more deeply than the correspondent: "I have a strange, persistent feeling that babies have a consciousness that we do not possess," she wrote. "They seem not yet to have lost an intelligence brought with them from another world. They are still wrapped in the mystery of their source."
- This article was cited from: recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2003/0102.shtml
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 8 ¾” Width - 10 ¾”
Manufacturer: G.P. Co.
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Adorable Little Girl Sitting in Field of Flowers w Butterfly, Inspirational Antique Print / Listed Artist: Frances Tipton Hunter
This is an adorable antique print of a charming little girl sitting in a field, surrounded by a multitude of gorgeous colorful flowers. The scene captures the innocence and whimsical nature of childhood, as the little girl solely focuses on a beautiful butterfly that’s landed on a flower. She even appears to be clasping her hands in delight and probably bewilderment, from the charming expression on her face. There is a great variety of flowers that can be found in this picture with bright, vibrant colors throughout. This picture was originally painted by the famous, American listed artist, Frances Tipton Hunter (1896-1957). She was a famous illustrator, well-known for her humorous and endearing children and animal pictures. Her signature, partially covered by the frame, can be found in the lower left corner of this print. The print is in excellent original condition. The molded wood frame is original to the print and retains the original gold and terra cotta colored finish. Original glass. Replaced wire hanger. Circa 1920’s.
*** I’ve included some interesting information below about this well-known artist, FRANCES TIPTON HUNTER:
"Frances Tipton Hunter was an American magazine illustrator specializing in gently humorous and endearing genre pictures of children, in a style related to the Americana of Norman Rockwell. She was active from the 1920s to the late 1950s. Born in Pennsylvania, she was orphaned at age 6 and raised by relatives in Williamsport. As a young woman she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and graduated from the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts. Later she became a member of the Society of Illustrators and the Artists Guild. Tipton illustrated for all the major magazines of the era and produced artwork for advertising, catalogs, calendars, greeting cards and posters. She drew paper dolls for Woman’s Home Companion in the 1920s and continued to make them at least into the 1940s; two collections were reissued by Dover Publications in 1988-89. She also produced covers for magazines such as Collier’s and Country Home as well as at least 18 covers for the Saturday Evening Post between 1936 and 1941. She published a children’s book, The Frances Tipton Hunter Picture Book, with verses and stories by Marjorie Barrows (1935). She left much of her artwork to the Lycoming County Historical Museum and the James V. Brown Library in Williamsport; according to the library’s web site ‘her original posters and advertisements are rare’."
- This article was cited from: GeorgeGlazer.com
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Height - 9 ¾” Width - 7 ¾”
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Lg. Antique Print, Adorable Babies & Comical Birds on Tree Branch / Listed Artist: Charles Twelvetrees
This is an adorable antique print featuring eight little babies perched on a tree branch. This picture was originally painted by the famous listed artist, Charles Twelvetrees (1888-1948). He became very well-known for his cartoon type figures, humor and whimsical illustrations of children and animals. This is one of his finest pieces. This is a large, bright, and colorful print with very sweet details throughout. The babies are so expressive, all busy doing things. Two babies are seen sneaking a kiss; one baby looks like he’s loosing his balance on the tree branch as a birdie comically pulls and unravels the thread from the poor little boys sock; beside him, a mature little baby girl seems to be intently knitting with a purse around her arm, next to her is a vain little baby looking at herself in a mirror as she pins a prickly rose in her hair; two more angelic, little rosy-cheeked babies, a girl and boy, are joyfully singing with sheet music in hand; and last but not least is the youngest and littlest musical baby seen playing a horn. Below the branch with the babies is another tree branch that features four sweet little birdies happily singing along, holding their own sheet music. Two more little birdies can be spotted sitting alongside ‘the kissing couple’, possibly kissing themselves. The pretty blossoming dogwood tree and the heavenly blue sky that surrounds them contributes to this enchanting and endearing piece. In the lower left corner of print reads, "Copyright Edward Gross Co., N.Y.". In the bottom right corner is the artist’s signature, "C. Twelvetrees". Original, decorative, gold-painted molded wood frame. The print and frame are both in excellent original condition. Original glass. Missing paper backing. New wire hanger. Circa 1920’s.
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Height - 11 ¼” Width - 16 ¼”
Manufacturer: Edward Gross Co., N.Y. / E.G. Co., N.Y.
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The Artist & Student, Adorable Little Girl w/ her Art Teacher, Antique Victorian Hand-Colored Print in Gorgeous Gesso Frame
This is an enchanting antique Victorian print that is hand-colored. The picture depicts a little girl and her art teacher with a palette and paintings. They are dressed in charming Victorian clothing. This is a large and very attractive picture in a beautiful fancy gold painted Victorian frame decorated with openwork and decorative gesso. There are tiny bits of gesso missing here and there. Original glass, torn old backing, and wire hanger. This piece is in excellent original condition.
Circa: 1900
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Height – 23 ½” Width – 27 ½”
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Large Special Antique Victorian French Print, 2 Lovely Ladies w/ a Baby / Artist: Marie Francois Firmin-Girard 1875
This is a charming, large, antique Victorian print of two lovely ladies enjoying the company of a sweet little baby. The scenery is lush greenery and beautiful flowers with a park bench near a large and impressive home. Their faces are captivating with heart-warming expressions and their clothing is fancy Victorian. Hand-coloring throughout. Sweet details such as a pacifier fallen to the ground and a topsy-turvy Victorian toy kitten. The print is signed in the lower right, "Firmin-Girard 1875". This print was done by famous French Academic Classical artist, Marie Francois Firmin-Girard(1838-1921). The print is in excellent original condition. The frame is very ornate and retains a wonderful original copper colored patina. Original glass, backing, and wire hanger. Circa 1875.
Circa: 1875
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 17 ¾” Width - 21 ½”
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Famous Maxfield Parrish Inspirational Antique Print “The Dinkey-Bird”
This is an inspirational antique Maxfield Parrish print. This picture is considered one of Maxfield Parrish’s finest works. It is an unusually small size picture and is famously titled, "The Dinkey-Bird". Across the bottom of the print reads, "Charles Scribner’s Song, Edward Cross Co. Publisher". This print is in excellent original condition. The original wood frame has an interesting texture and retains the original gold finish with a nice old patina. Original glass and wire hanger. Circa 1920’s.
*** I have included, below, some interesting information on the history of Maxfield Parrish’s famous painting, THE DINKEY-BIRD:
Not only is this picture considered one of Maxfield Parrish’s finest works, but it’s quite significant in other ways as well. The book for which this picture was commissioned in 1904, titled, "Eugene Field’s Poems of Childhood", was the first in which Parrish’s work was reproduced in full color. This picture was also among the first of Parrish’s paintings to be made available as a color print. It is said that Parrish’s intention was to capture in this image "the spirit of the swing, just the catch in the turn of the motion". In other words, he surely captured the spirit of childhood.
- This article above has been cited from a book titled, "The Maxfield Parrish Pop-Up Book".
*** I’ve also included some interesting facts about the artist, MAXFIELD PARRISH:
Maxfield Parrish (1870 - 1966) was an American painter and illustrator. Born Frederick Maxfield Parrish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began drawing for his own amusement early in his life. He went on to pursue a career that was to last for many decades and effectively shape the Golden Age of Illustration, and the future of American visual art in general. Launched by a commission to illustrate Kenneth Grahame’s The Walls Were as of Jasper in 1897, his repertoire was to include many prestigious projects such as Eugene Field’s Poems of Childhood (1904) and the traditional Arabian Nights (1909).
Androgynous nudes in fantastical settings were an often-recurring theme. He continued in this venue for the rest of his life, living comfortably off the royalties brought in by the production of posters and calendars featuring his works. Parrish was famous for the dazzlingly luminous colors that marked much of his artwork; the shade "Parrish blue" was coined in acknowledgement. He achieved this result by means of a special technique involving several coats of oil and varnish applied to his paintings. It is impossible to categorize Parrish’s work, since he was part of no traditional movement or school, and developed a truly original style.
Maxfield Parrish was the most popular American artist from the turn of the century until Norman Rockwell succeeded him in the 1940’s. Of Parrish, Mr. Rockwell said, "Maxfield Parrish was certainly one of our most prominent illustrators and hardly a home in America existed that didn’t have a Maxfield Parrish print. I’m an illustrator. Maxfield Parrish was a painter-illustrator. He was in the Golden Age of Illustration. When I was in art school I admired him. He was one of my gods."
Parrish continued painting until he was about 90 years old and died at age 96. Each new generation seems to rediscover the magic and romance of Parrish art and some of his prints now command prices that reach into many thousands of dollars. Fortunately, many images may still be obtained at modest cost.
- This article was cited from: parrish-house.com/
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 8” Width - 5 ¾”
Manufacturer: Edward Cross Co. Publisher / Charles Scribner’s Song
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