She liked to have the children about her
Date1909
Artist
Eugenie M. Wireman
(American illustrator, 1874–1961)
Illustration Citation"Miss Clementine’s Christmas Present," Harper’s Bazaar, January 1913, p. 11, and possibly The Carroll Girls, by Mabel Quiller-Couch (Boston, E. P. Dutton, 1909).
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions29 × 21 in. (73.7 × 53.3 cm)
frame: 33 1/8 × 25 1/8 in. (84.1 × 63.8 cm)
frame: 33 1/8 × 25 1/8 in. (84.1 × 63.8 cm)
Credit LineGayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund, 1982
Object number1982-6
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn this novel, four young English sisters are sent to live with their aunt while their parents struggle to earn a living in Canada. Here youngest sister Poppy entertains herself with her doll while the housekeeper tends to sewing. The ornate archaic lettering, embellished with holly sprigs, adds a nostalgic mood to the image. Eugenie M. Wireman studied with Howard Pyle and was the sister-in-law of Katharine Richardson Wireman.
Gayle Porter Hoskins
1925
Katharine Richardson Wireman
1912
