Items by Smith,Jessie Willcox (results page 1)

Front Cover A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

Front cover of “A Child’s Garden of Verses”, showing the wrought-iron gate into the garden, and two small children standing inside on the path. The illustration is pasted onto the cover.

Keywords: book covers, illustrations for children, colour

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Added: 2010-06-02

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End Papers: children playing in the garden A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

The end-papers inside the front and back cover of the book are printed with a repeating design of children playing at being gardeners. I have made the individual images available too.

Keywords: colour, illustrations for children, children, trees

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Boy with Trowel A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A red-haired boy kneels with a trowel in his hand, ready to play at working in the garden. His shorts are held up by braces, and he wears shoes and white socks; he faces away from us. This is a detail [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, boys, children, colour, gardening

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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Girl Watering Tree A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A girl wearing a spotted dress crouches down to water a tree using a watering can. She has a ribbon in her hair.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: illustrations for children, girls, children, colour, garening

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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Girl with flower in flowerpot A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A girl wearing a straw boater hat sits and examines a flower growing in a flower-pot.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: illustrations for children, girls, children, colour, people, gardening

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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Girl digging with spade A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

This girl is facing away from us and bending down to dig in the garden with her spade. We can see her petticoat.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, girls, gardening, colour, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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Tree A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A stylized drawing of a tree.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: trees, illustrations for children, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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Garden boy A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A curly-haired child, a boy, is on one knee; he wears a white shirt, blue dungarees (with a well-worn knee), white socks and brown shoes. He holds a flower and smiles at it. At his feet a watering ca [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, people, flowers, gardening, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-06-26

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From Her Boy A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

The picture shows a boy holding a large book open, as if to read, or to offer the book to someone. He has his head cocked to one side as if listening, or perhaps asking for permission. The book’s ded [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, boys, people, books, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-03-08

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candle A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

Keywords: illustrations for children, candles, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-07-31

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Mary A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

“A THOUGHT. It is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink, With little children saying grace In every Christian kind of place.” (p. 4) Mary is one of four children pictured here, saying [...]

Keywords: children, illustrations for children, people, bowls, prayer, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-09-08

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Hans A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

“A THOUGHT. It is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink, With little children saying grace In every Christian kind of place.” (p. 4) Hans is one of four children pictured here, and is [...]

Keywords: children, illustrations for children, people, bowls, prayer, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-09-08

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