chester loomis images on flickr

Today I posted a set of Chester Loomis illustrations on flickr. They're the same images that I used to create the set of notecards that I gave as Christmas gifts a few years back. Several of you have asked for more cards, but with these images you can do-it-yourself!

Most of the images are from his alphabet book, but others are preliminary sketches for his 1892 edition of Mother Goose.

For more info and other images, you can also visit my Chester Loomis page or search his name on this blog using the search box at the top of the page.

art imitates life

This illustration is from the Little Bright Eyes Storybook, pictured below. Published in 1901, it contained art by numerous artists of the day, including great-grandfather Chester Loomis.


I think you can see from this photo that Chester's mother-in-law Arvilla Dana (Sara Dana's mother) is the inspiration for the grandmother in the illustration.

The book is for sale on ebay at the moment -- click here to see the listing. Many thanks to Steve, the ebay seller, for sending a scan of the illustration.