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Pictures from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, with illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith (Charles Scribners’ Sons, New York, 1905).

Jessie Willcox Smith was an American illustrator born in Philadelphia, USA, in 1863 and died in 1935; the illustrations are in the public domain because published in the USA before 1923. Jessie illustrated over 30 books, which seem to have been very popular, and also painted the covers of Good Housekeeping magazine for many years. There are several printed biographies.

A short online biography of Jessie Willcox Smith

I bought my copy on the 1st of February, 2007, at Librarie Books, 832 Chartres St., New Orleans, LA, USA.

Title: A Child’s Garden of Verses

Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis

Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons

City: New York

Date: 1905

Total items: 21

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

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candle

In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day. [more...] [$]

In the Land of Counterpane

A boy lies ill in bed in this vintage watercolour painting; he has wooden toy soldiers arranged on the bed-covers. [more...] [$]

The Child Alone

A small child, complete with shoes and wide-brimmed hat, is sitting on top of planet Earth; the planet is being held in a giant hand, or finger-like clouds are floating past; there are clouds in the sky. [more...] [$]

Girl digging with spade

This girl is facing away from us and bending down to dig in the garden with her spade. We can see her petticoat. [more...] [$]

Title page from A Child’s Garden of Verses

A small boy kneels next to a watering-can and a (dangerously) upturned rake; he holds a flower to examine. On either side of him, two tall stalks grow with flowers; perhaps they are hollyhocks. The title [...] [more...] [$]

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