Mead Schaeffer

1898 ~ 1980

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Published by Dodd Mead & Co ~ 1923

the 1st of Schaeffer's Dodd Mead illustrated books

J Allen St John

1875 ~ 1957

This painting just came up for auction, the first time it

has ever been offered to the general public. I had known

about this painting for decades but had never seen it. I

was very surprised to see it was a "copy" of English

artist Arthur Wardle's 1909 painting titled

The Bacchante

painted 14 years ealier than the St John painting!

Yes, St John expanded the canvas and changed the hues

but the concept and layout are Wardle's

Compare them for yourself!

Arthur Wardle 1864-1949

The Bacchante ~ 1909

Several more of Wardle's paintings of big cats!
Look at the cat in the background...remind you of another artist?

Zhenya Gay

1906 ~ 1978

Her illustrations to

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Published by The Heritage Press ~ 1950

(Click on the Drugs label below to see the 1932 edition

of this book illustrated by Lawrence Chaves)

Howard Pyle

1853 ~ 1911

Yankee Doodle, An Old Song

Published by Dood Mead & Co ~ 1881

Pyle's 1st book!