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Jessie Willcox Smith
Pease-Porridge Hot, Pease-Porridge Cold

1912

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About the Item

Medium: Mixed Media on Paperboard Signature: Signed Lower Right This mixed media art by Jesssie Willcox Smith, entitled “Pease-Porridge Hot, Pease-Porridge Cold,” was executed in 1912, and first appeared in print in Good Housekeeping Magazine, December, 1912, as a black and white double-page tinted internal illustration [“Jessie Willcox Smith, A Bibliography,” by Edward Nudelman, Pelican, 1989, p.146]. Two years later, the image appeared for the first time in book form as one of five black & white full-page plates in the renowned "Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose,” NY, 1914, Dodd, Mead and Company, which featured five black and white plates, and 12 color plates [Nudelman, A39]. Appearing for the first time in color, this image was printed along with 17 other illustrations in a series entitled “Mother Goose Pictures,” issued in portfolio, by the Cosmopolitan Print Department of New York, in 1919 [Nudelman, p.170]. (Edward Nudelman)
  • Creator:
    Jessie Willcox Smith (1863 - 1935, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1912
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 39471stDibs: LU38435959382

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