Young Woman and Girl Reading - Jessie Willcox Smith Art Print 01651 These girls

These girls

Born into an illustrious family as the daughter of Lord Henry Murray and the niece of John Murray

Leslie Ragan (1897-1972)

sweet children

left an enduring artistic legacy as an American illustrator

Young Woman and Girl Reading - Jessie Willcox Smith Art Print 01651 These girlsOriginally gracing the October 1921 cover of Good Housekeeping magazine is Mother Helps With The ABCs, yet another captivating illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith. With an aversion to using professional child models, Smith embraced a more personal approach, inviting friends and relatives, along with their children, to her home for observation and sketching sessions. The young mother depicted in this artwork could potentially be Smith's own niece,