gutenberg_org, American illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith died #OTD in 1935.
Smith’s career took off when she began working for the Ladies' Home Journal, for which she created many covers and interior illustrations. She illustrated over 60 books throughout her career, including classics such as Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies, Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses, and Clement Moore’s The Night Before Christmas.
Jessie Willcox Smith at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7158Fairy Tales, Boston Public Library Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935 (artist); L. Prang & Co. (publisher). An illustration of a woman and two children reading a book titled "Fairy Tales" in a garden, sitting on a hammock with lush greenery and flowers in the background.
Cover image from from The Princess and the Goblins - by George MacDonald, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, 1920. Jessie Willcox Smith, illustrator - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34339 Vintage painting of a young girl in a white headscarf and blue cloak, reaching forward with a curious expression, with a dark, shadowy background and parts of a flower barely visible.