Cleaning Schoolhouse
Date1930
Artist
Katharine Richardson Wireman
(American illustrator and painter, 1878–1966)
Illustration Citation"Eric and Mary Anne," by Cornelia Meigs, in Child Life, May 1931
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 6 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (16.2 × 16.2 cm)
sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 5/8 in. (35.9 × 27 cm)
sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 5/8 in. (35.9 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Henrietta Wireman Shuttleworth, 2017
Object number2017-58
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis illustration depicts one of the practical chores of frontier settlers. The artist enlivened the scene with an array of patterns and designs, set partly against a black chalkboard that frames the characters' brisk actions.Author Cornelia Meigs grew up in Iowa, where she wrote her first book, a collection of fairy tales. During most of her career she wrote prize-winning fiction and biographies for children. An English professor at her alma mater Bryn Mawr College, she was an authority on children's literature.
Katharine Richardson Wireman
1912
