Description
Gorgeous Victorian style children illustration titled ‘Playing School by Maud Humphrey was created for The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. 1904 Calendar. Signed Maud Humphrey 1903. Copyright by the Gray Lith Co. N.Y. Beautiful art worthy of framing.
10 x 12.25
Maud Humphrey (March 30, 1868 – November 22, 1940) was a commercial illustrator, water colourist, and suffragette from the United States. She was the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart and frequently used her young son as a model. She won a Louis Prang and Company competition for Christmas card design and then began working for the New York publisher Frederick A. Stokes Company as an illustrator. From the 1890s through the 1920s, her work Included child portraits, “illustrating calendars, greeting cards, postcards, fashion magazines, and more than 20 story books.” She earned more than $50,000 a year while her husband’s surgical practice brought in $20,000 a year.
