Illustrator Research - Jessie Willcox Smith

Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935) was an American illustrator famous for her work in magazines such as Ladies Home Journal and for her work in children's books. In 1884 she attended the School of Design for Women, which is now Moore College of Art and Design; later, she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Thomas Eakins. She graduated in 1888, and a year later, she started working in the production department of the Ladies Home Journal. After five years, she left to take classes under Howard Pyle, first at Drexel and then at the Brandywine School.