The Library
Date1905
Artist
Elizabeth Shippen Green
(American painter and illustrator, 1871–1954)
Illustration Citation"The Mistress of the House," no author, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, August 1905
MediumWatercolor, oil, and charcoal on illustration board
Dimensions27 3/8 × 16 3/8 in. (69.5 × 41.6 cm)
frame: 35 1/8 × 24 1/8 in. (89.2 × 61.3 cm)
frame: 35 1/8 × 24 1/8 in. (89.2 × 61.3 cm)
Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Object number1935-45
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextA principal illustrator at Harper's Magazine, Elizabeth Shippen Green painted The Library as one of a series of images that depicted the daily life of a housewife and mother, perhaps one who was a faithful Harper's reader. Founded in 1850, Harper’s Magazine cultivated an educated and well-off audience.Toward the end of the 19th century, cheaper magazines with lighter articles and more advertising, such as The Saturday Evening Post, began to dominate the magazine field.
Elizabeth Shippen Green
not dated
