Golden Age of Illustration

This collection of Golden Age Illustration was compiled by Rhode Island watercolor artist, Abigail Whipple Cooke. The prints were collected from various turn-of-the century magazines such as Harper's, Collier's, Scribner's and McClure's, and compiled in a scrapbook. The RISD Library purchased this collection in 2012. Artists represented include J.C. Leyendecker, Maxfield Parrish, Howard Pyle, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Walter Appleton Clark, William Hurd Lawrence, Ann Whelan Betts, and others.

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"The Lord hath sent me here to die like Stephen at the feet of Saul", from "The Hanging of Mary Dyer" by Basil King
"Who is the Lucky Miss, my little villain?", from "In the Second April" by James Branch Cabell
Edward H. Sothern as "Petruchio" in "The Taming of the Shrew"
"She plunged her beautiful face into the glowing coals", from "Legends of the City of Mexico" by Thomas A. Janvier
"They kept on puzzling as to what they should do with him." from "Legends of the City of Mexico" by Thomas A. Janvier
"Had been getting up twenty minutes earlier...to punch his Aunt Emily's hot-water bag", from "The Method of Charles Stuart York"
"An hour slipped by, but still the major did not come" from "The Old Major"
"Come and play with me" from "In the Closed Room" by F.H. Burnett
"He found that the minister thought just as he did about a great many things" from "The Method of Charles Stuart York"
"I'm going up to play with the little girl, mother,...You don't mind, do you?" from "In the Closed Room" by F. H. Burnett
"I think we will go out to dinner now" from "The Method of Charles Stuart York"
"'I wish they were not dead,' she said softly to the silence" from "In the Closed Room" by F. H. Burnett
"Madelon sank down upon the broad seat which stretches below the windows", from "Night, and the Curtains Drawn" by Justus Miles Forman
"Oh, mamma dear, I wish we had a wand." from "The Last of the Fairywands" by William Henry Bishop
"Seeing" from "The Five Senses" by Charles W. Beck
"She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors" from "In the Closed Room" by F.H. Burnett
"She often sat curving her small long fingers backward and talking to herself about Aunt Hester" from "In the Closed Room" by F. H. Burnett
"She was the most beautifullest lady he knew", from "The Method of Charles Stuart York"
"Smelling" from "The Five Senses, by Charles W. Beck, Jr.
Tapped the wand upon the well-worn rug. from "The Last of the Fairywands" by William Henry Bishop
"Tasting" from "The Five Senses" by Charles W. Beck
"The places where she came upon Aunt Hester were strange and lovely" from "In the Closed Room" by F. H. Burnett
"The playing to-day was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before" from "In the Closed Room" by F.H. Burnett
"They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years" from "In the Closed Room" by F.H. Burnett

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Golden Age of Illustration

"The Lord hath sent me here to die like Stephen at the feet of Saul", from "The Hanging of Mary Dyer" by Basil King

"Who is the Lucky Miss, my little villain?", from "In the Second April" by James Branch Cabell

Edward H. Sothern as "Petruchio" in "The Taming of the Shrew"

"She plunged her beautiful face into the glowing coals", from "Legends of the City of Mexico" by Thomas A. Janvier

"They kept on puzzling as to what they should do with him." from "Legends of the City of Mexico" by Thomas A. Janvier

"Had been getting up twenty minutes earlier...to punch his Aunt Emily's hot-water bag", from "The Method of Charles Stuart York"

"An hour slipped by, but still the major did not come" from "The Old Major"

"Come and play with me" from "In the Closed Room" by F.H. Burnett

"He found that the minister thought just as he did about a great many things" from "The Method of Charles Stuart York"

"I'm going up to play with the little girl, mother,...You don't mind, do you?" from "In the Closed Room" by F. H. Burnett

"I think we will go out to dinner now" from "The Method of Charles Stuart York"

"'I wish they were not dead,' she said softly to the silence" from "In the Closed Room" by F. H. Burnett

"Madelon sank down upon the broad seat which stretches below the windows", from "Night, and the Curtains Drawn" by Justus Miles Forman

"Oh, mamma dear, I wish we had a wand." from "The Last of the Fairywands" by William Henry Bishop

"Seeing" from "The Five Senses" by Charles W. Beck

"She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors" from "In the Closed Room" by F.H. Burnett

"She often sat curving her small long fingers backward and talking to herself about Aunt Hester" from "In the Closed Room" by F. H. Burnett

"She was the most beautifullest lady he knew", from "The Method of Charles Stuart York"

"Smelling" from "The Five Senses, by Charles W. Beck, Jr.

Tapped the wand upon the well-worn rug. from "The Last of the Fairywands" by William Henry Bishop

"Tasting" from "The Five Senses" by Charles W. Beck

"The places where she came upon Aunt Hester were strange and lovely" from "In the Closed Room" by F. H. Burnett

"The playing to-day was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before" from "In the Closed Room" by F.H. Burnett

"They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years" from "In the Closed Room" by F.H. Burnett

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