Jessie Wilcox Smith biographical file.

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Jessie Wilcox Smith biographical file.

Biographical file may contain one or more of the following: "Biographical Registry" form filled out by the cartoonist including information about education, career history, awards, signature example, and family information; biographical essays or sketches of the cartoonist; articles by or about the cartoonist; examples of the cartoonist's work in the form of clippings or photocopies.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7709305

Ohio State University Libraries

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Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

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Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935

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Jessie Willcox Smith was born in Philadelphia in 1863. She originally studied to be a kindergarten teacher and actually served in that capacity before accidentally discovering a propensity for drawing. She's one of the few illustrators I've profiled who wasn't an astonishing child prodigy. She was probably around 20 before she took up a pencil. Initial studies were quickly replaced with formal courses at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where she learned from Thomas Eakins, and others. ...