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Box 003

 Container

Contains 15 Results:

Rose O'Neill Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MGHL-00046
Scope and Contents

The collection contains original artwork published in Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan. The original works of art feature mostly children and Kewpies. The collection also contains published materials in the format of books, proofs and tear sheets.

Series 1: Original Works of Art

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 01
Scope and Contents

This series contains original illustrations that were published in various books and magazines. The materials are arranged by publication title: Clever Betsy by Clara Louise Burnham Cosmopolitan Designer Magazine Good Housekeeping

Cosmopolitan Fiction Illustration, The Harmonious Child by Sir Philip Hamilton Gibbs (Fourth in Series), April 1925

 Item — Box: 003
Identifier: 001
Description Two children are gathered around a desk; the child on the left sits in a chair while the one on the right has a pencil poised at her mouth while kneeling on the chair and leaning on the desk. A cat rests at the foot of the girl's left leg.Caption reads: "She writes his first love-letter for him."According to artist notes, the illustration was mailed to Cosmopolitan on January 15, 1925. Format Drawing...

Cosmopolitan Fiction Illustration, The Harmonious Child by Sir Philip Hamilton Gibbs (Sixth in Series), April 1925

 Item — Box: 003
Identifier: 002
Description A man with a pipe in his mouth plays the violin. Two children are behind him, one with a big smile and one covering their ears. According to artist notes, the illustration was mailed to Cosmopolitan on January 15, 1925.The artist notes indicate that the drawing should be reversed: "Please reverse this drawing -- It was absentmindedly drawn from a left-handed man. Violin on wrong side. R. O'N" Format...

Cosmopolitan Fiction Illustration, Green – As in Envy by Forrest Wilson, July 1929

 Item — Box: 003
Identifier: 003
Description

A woman stands in front of a man with wide eyes. Behind the man, another woman appears to be crying.

According to artist notes, the illustration was mailed to Cosmopolitan on March 9, 1929.



Format

Painting



Medium

Ink and watercolor on paper



Dimensions

15.25 x 22.5”

Series 1, Sub-Series 3: Good Housekeeping, 1915, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1933

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 03
Scope and Contents

Original artwork corresponding to stories published in Good Housekeeping: A Hug-Me-Tight With Sleeves: Neighborhood House Again by Lenora Mattingly Weber The Kewpies and Little Hieronimous by Rose O’Neill The Pink Bassinet with Desperate Lace by Lenora Mattingly Weber

Good Housekeeping, Fiction Illustration, Mrs. Big Doc by Lenora Mattingly Weber , October 1933

 Item — Box: 003
Identifier: 004
Description

A boy points excitedly at a goat. Behind the goat, a group of people look on with shocked faces. In the background a framed image of the virgin Mary hangs on the wall.



Format

Drawing



Medium

Ink and watercolor on paper



Dimensions

15.25 x 22”

Good Housekeeping Fiction Illustration, A Child Shall Lead Them by Edith Barnard Delano, p.81, December 1925

 Item — Box: 003
Identifier: 005
Description

A woman holds a crying child; he looks toward a group of two men and a woman behind her. One man holds a cane and looks intently toward her. Caption below image reads: "She thought she was not awake. She had dreamt of him sometimes."



Format

Drawing



Medium

Ink on paper



Dimensions

15.75 x 22.75”

Series 1, Sub-Series 4: Henrietta, 1911

 Sub-Series — Box: 003
Identifier: 04
Scope and Contents

Original illustrations for the story Henrietta (unidentified author); artist notes indicate at least one piece was sent to an engraver.