Twice a week her family came to sit here, to talk about themselves - and her
Date1948
Artist
Barbara Schwinn Jordan
(American illustrator, born 1907)
Illustration Citation"The View," by Faith Baldwin, in Woman's Home Companion, April 1948
MediumGouache on illustration board
Dimensions22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Conrad Jordan, Esq., 1991
Object number1991-150
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis tale has a fantastical element: the almost-transparent woman is a ghost who occasionally visits her former home to keep up to date on the activities of her friends and family. Here she is enjoying the view from the cemetery where she is buried. The blank white area at left was reserved for the title and opening text.
Barbara Schwinn Jordan
1952
