HARRISON FISHER. "I sat with Francezka in the Italian garden at the foot of Petrarch's statue. I had a volume of Petrarch, and read to her that sonnet from the poet's heart beginning: 'Sweet bird, that singest on thy airy way.'" Illustration for Francezka, by Molly Elliot Seawall (Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Co., 1902, facing page 190), republished in modified form as "The American College Girl" for the cover of Madame (September 1905). Welch, page 301. Graphite on paper. 560x382 mm; 23x15 inches, on 27x19 1/4-inch board. Signed "Harrison Fisher" and dated 1902 in lower right image. Inscribed with publication title and page number at lower left. Some discoloration and small clean tear. Adhered to window matte; framed.
