Jan 28, 2016 - Sale 2403

Sale 2403 - Lot 126

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
FLORENCE SCOVEL SHINN.
"She Pinned the Bed Clothes Around The Children." Pen, pencil, and ink on card. 305x254 mm; 12x10 inches. Illustration for page 4 of Mrs. Wiggs and the Cabbage Patch. Signed in ink, lower image. Tipped to matte in two areas along top. Pencil indications and title in lower margin. Circa 1901.

Additional Details

Original illustration for the first illustrated edition (1903) of Alice Caldwell Hegan's Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Florence Scovel Shinn was married to the American painter Everett Shinn, and was a successful illustrator in her own right.