St. Nicholas [serial]

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · 1873 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · 344 pictures

St. Nicholas was a children's magazine serialised in New York in 1873 under editor Mary Mapes Dodge, published by Scribner and aimed at young readers. Its pen-and-ink illustrations are loose, sketchy and full of domestic and rural scenes, showing a designer how to suggest character and atmosphere with minimal line, such as shadow play, a rail fence in fields, and a hearth-side spinning wheel.

Children's literature

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