Women Illustrators of the Golden Age(POD)

Attheturnofthetwentiethcentury,thedemandformagazineandbookillustrationswasatanall-timehigh,offeringwomenartistsanunprecedentednumberofprofessionalopportunities.Thisuniqueanthologyfeatures120colorandblack-and-whiteartworksbytheGoldenAgeofIllustration'sfinestfemaleillustrators,includingBeatrixPotter,KateGreenaway,andJessieWillcoxSmith.Acareerinillustrationrepresentedanidealopportunityforwomeninpost-Victoriansociety.Everywell-bredgirlwasschooledintheartsofsketchinganddrawing,andbyworkingathome,awoman'smodestycouldremainuncompromised.Successfulcompetitioninaworlddominatedbymaleartists,however,calledfordeterminationaswellastalent.Thiscompilationcelebratestheaccomplishmentsoftwenty-twofemaleillustrators,includingElenoreAbbott,MabelLucieAttwell,ElizabethShippenGreen,RuthMaryHallock,JessieMarionKing,DorothyLathrop,IdaRentoulOuthwaite,MargaretWinifredTarrant,andothers.