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2023-05-11 i445 Cover (pastel on board, 1907), Alice Beard; Delaware Museum of Art |
The Delineator, May 1907. . This sweet pastel showing young girls gliding under a maypole served as a cover for the women's magazine The Delineator. The illustration was created during Beard's time as a student at Howard Pyle's school of illustration in Wilmington. Born into an artistic family, Beard had already built a successful career as a book and magazine illustrator when she attended Pyle's school. |