Miss Corner was reading a book
Date1916
Artist
Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock
(American painter and illustrator, 1868–1942)
Illustration Citation"Mr. Britling Sees It Through," by H. G. Wells, in Collier's Weekly, May 6, 1916
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions26 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (67.3 × 54.6 cm)
frame: 32 × 27 in. (81.3 × 68.6 cm)
frame: 32 × 27 in. (81.3 × 68.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1989
Object number1989-54
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn Wells' novel - the number one best selling book of 1917 after its serialization in Collier's - is set in England. Here, a conversation between a handsome visiting American and his distant cousin, is observed by Mrs. Britling, who is suspicious of any young woman who reads as a leisure activity.Hitchcock painted in the academic tradition of the Paris academies where he studied. He was especially effective in illustrating stories about the social elite for Scribners, Harper's Monthly, and 'Home Companion.
