Harriet Roosevelt Richards
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Harriet Roosevelt Richards (June 1867[1] – 1932) was an American illustrator, best known for her work in children's books and magazines.
Harriet Roosevelt Richards | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 1867 Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Died | 1932 (aged 64–65) Southwest Harbor, Maine, United States |
| Occupation | Illustrator |
| Parent | Charles Brinckerhoff Richards |
| Relatives | Charles Cutler Torrey (brother-in-law) |
Early life and education
Harriet Roosevelt Richards was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Charles Brinckerhoff Richards and Agnes Edwards Goodwin Richards.[2][3] Both of her parents were born in New York; her father was a mechanical engineer and a professor at Yale University.[4] Her younger sister Marian married historian Charles Cutler Torrey, another Yale professor.[5]
Richards studied art with Frank Weston Benson in Boston and Howard Pyle in Wilmington, and at the Yale School of Fine Arts.[6]
Career
Richards lived in Wilmington, Delaware from 1905 to 1912. She was a member of the Plastic Club in Philadelphia, and exhibited with the New Haven Paint and Clay Club,[7][8] and with the Washington Water Color Club.[9]
Richards's illustrations appeared in children's magazines including Wide Awake, St. Nicholas, The Youth's Companion, and Harper's Young People.[7] She illustrated books for young readers, written by authors including Elizabeth Weston Timlow,[10] Anna Chapin Ray,[11] Helen Hunt Jackson,[12] and Louisa May Alcott.[7]
Books illustrated by Richards
- Susan Coolidge, Rhymes and Ballads for Girls and Boys (1892)[13]
- Barbara Yechton, Two Knights Errant and Other Stories (1894), and A Matter of Honor and Other Stories (1894)[14]
- Elizabeth Weston Timlow, the Cricket books[10][15][16]
- Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, and Jack and Jill (1905 edition)[17][18]
- Jane Pentzer Myers, Stories of Enchantment (1901)[19]
- Alice Ward Bailey, Roberta and Her Brothers (1906)[20]
- Anna Chapin Ray, the Sidney books[11][21][22][23] and the Buddie books[24][25][26]
- Helen Hunt Jackson, Nelly's silver mine (1910 edition)[12]
- Della Campbell MacLeod, The Maiden Manifest (1913)[27]
- Anne Warner, Sunshine Jane (1914)[28]
- Kate Langley Bosher, How It Happened (1916)[29]
- Jane Abbott, Keineth (1918), Highacres (1920)[30] Aprilly (1921), and Red-Robin (1922)[31]
Personal life
Richards died at age 65, in Southwest Harbor, Maine, in 1932.[7]
References
External links
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