Prolific female illustrator (1863-1935) who contributed to publications including Century, Collier's, Leslie's Weekly, Harper's, McClure's, Scribners, and the Ladies' Home Journal during the 'golden age' of American illustration. ALS, six pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 6.75, June 19, 1906. Letter to Mrs. R. M. Tarleton, in part: "Your charming little bunch of photographs has come safely & I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your remembering your promise all this time & fulfilling it beautifully & with such darling pictures…I am so glad you enjoyed the book I loved to do it & always makes me happy to know that it gives pleasure to others…We have been obliged to leave our beautiful 'Red Rose' the entire property was sold over our heads & (we only leased it you know) we had to go. We are now in a place which has been built for our needs…in time we hope it may be as beautiful as our dear Red Rose. It has many natural advantages & the studios are very delightful." In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in her own hand. Smith lived and worked with fellow artists Elizabeth Shippen Green and Violet Oakley in Red Rose Inn in Villanova, Pennsylvania, for four years in the early 1900s, becoming known as the 'Red Rose Girls.'
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