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Home > Illustrations > Rebecca Mary Was Going Away

Rebecca Mary Was Going Away

By Elizabeth Shippen Green | Created: 1903

Rebecca Mary Was Going Away
Publication
  • Illustration for "Rebecca Mary," by Annie Hamilton Donnell
Publication Date
  • 1903
Medium
  • Charcoal
Support
  • Illustration Board
Illustration Size
  • Unknown
Collection
  • Collection of Jane and Ben Eisenstat

©Public Domain

In published interviews Jessie Willcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and Violet Oakley all denied using photographic references for their paintings and spoke eloquently about how they selected their models and drew only from life. However, many reference photographs that the three artists used to help them in their work have survived. For her drawings for the book Rebecca Mary, Elizabeth Green carefully posed models, collected props, and constructed costumes. Using photographic material freed the artists from having to hire models to sit for many hours—a process that dictated a passive pose. A much better result could be achieved using photographs.

Genres
  • Books
  • Interior Illustration
  • Fairy Tales and Fables
  • Story Illustration
Global Perspectives
  • North America
Related Time Periods
  • The Decade 1900-1910 The Decade 1900-1910

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