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Talk at the Library of Congress

When The Beautiful Poster Lady was published in the spring of 2013, Mark Dimunation of the Library of Congress asked me to give a talk about Ethel Reed in the Rosenwald Room at the LC. The Library has now released … Continue reading

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston (7)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress]  Photograph of Ethel Reed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. January 1896.

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston (6)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress]  Photograph of Ethel Reed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. January 1896.  

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Echegaray — Great Galeoto (1895)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress] José Echegaray,  The Great Galeoto. Folly or Saintliness. Two Plays,  translated by Hannah Lynch (London: John Lane; Boston: Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1895). Poster.

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston (5)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress] Photograph of Ethel Reed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. January 1896.  

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston (4)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress] Photograph of Ethel Reed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. January 1896.  

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston (3)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress] Photograph of Ethel Reed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. January 1896.

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston (2)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress] Photograph of Ethel Reed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. January 1896.

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Introduction

Ethel Reed had a brief but extraordinary career as a graphic artist in Boston and London during the 1890s. Born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1874, and a protégé of Laura C. Hills, she was largely self-taught as an artist. In … Continue reading

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Talk on Ethel Reed at Library of Congress

To celebrate the publication of my biography of Ethel Reed this month by Oak Knoll Press, I will be giving an illustrated talk, “Vanished in the Fog,” in the Rosenwald Room at the Library of Congress, 30 May 2013, 3 … Continue reading

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Fred Holland Day (6)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress]  Photograph of Ethel Reed by Fred Holland Day, c. 1895.  

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Fred Holland Day (5)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress]  Photograph of Ethel Reed by Fred Holland Day, c. 1895.

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Fred Holland Day (4)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress]  Photograph of Ethel Reed by Fred Holland Day, c. 1895.  

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Fred Holland Day (3)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress]  Photograph of Ethel Reed by Fred Holland Day, c. 1895.  

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Fred Holland Day (2)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress] Photograph of Ethel Reed by Fred Holland Day, c. 1895.  

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Ethel Reed: photograph by Fred Holland Day (1)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress] Photograph of Ethel Reed by Fred Holland Day, c. 1895.

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Smith — Arabella and Araminta Stories (1895)

[Photo credits: John Lehner] [Photo credit: Library of Congress] Gertrude Smith, The Arabella and Araminta Stories (Boston: Copeland & Day, 1895). The cover design,  illustrations, and endpapers are by Ethel Reed. Copeland & Day also issued a large paper edition (fifteen copies) … Continue reading

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Rood — Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1895)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress] Lily Lewis Rood, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes: A Sketch (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1895). Poster. Inscription on Library of Congress copy: “For — Frances Benjamin Johnston | From — Ethel Reed — ‘hoping that there may … Continue reading

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Carman — Behind the Arras (1895)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress] Bliss Carman, Behind the Arras (Boston and New York: Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1895). Poster. Digital copy of the book: HathiTrust.

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Bolton — The Love-Story of Ursula Wolcott (1895)

[Photo credit: Library of Congress] [Photo credit: John Lehner] [Photo credit: John Lehner] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Love-Story of Ursula Wolcott: Being a Tale in Verse of the Time of the “Great Revival” in New England (Boston: Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1895). Ethel … Continue reading

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