This is another Coles Phillips-illustrated advertisement for Sheaffer fountain pens. It appeared in Motion Picture Classic in 1920.

I Call It My True Companion by Coles Phillips, 1920
This is another Coles Phillips-illustrated advertisement for Sheaffer fountain pens. It appeared in Motion Picture Classic in 1920.

I Call It My True Companion by Coles Phillips, 1920

Five O’Clock Tea by Peter Newell
Happy Christmas to those who celebrate the day!

Woman Holding a Sheaffer Pen by Coles Phillips, 1921 advert
A Christmas Carol by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1867:

A Christmas Carol by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1867
At Home: A Portrait by Walter Crane (1872)

At Home: A Portrait by Walter Crane, 1872
If you’re wondering why my posting has been spotty and brief, it’s because my beloved laptop died a few weeks ago. A new one is on its way from Amazon. Things should be back to normal sometime next week.
Please enjoy this early work by Dora Carrington, by way of apology.

Self-portrait by Dora Carrington. Circa 1910.
“To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage.”-Georgia O’Keeffe

Inspiration by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1898

A Woman Reading by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, 1869 or 1870
Woman Reading by Karl Alexander Wilke, circa 1912:

Woman Reading by Karl Alexander Wilke, circa 1912