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Wetherald — House of Trees (1895)

Ethelwyn Wetherald, The House of the Trees and Other Poems (Boston and New York: Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1895). Poster, cover design, title-page. National Museum of American History copy inscribed “Compliments of Ethel Reed | August – 1895.”

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Harrison — Virginia Cousin (1895)

[Photo credit: National Museum of American History] Mrs. Burton Harrison, A Virginia Cousin and Bar Harbor Tales (Boston and New York: Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1895). Poster.

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Nodier — Trilby (1895)

[Photo credit: National Museum of American History] Charles Nodier, Trilby the Fairy of Argyle, translated by Minna Caroline Smith (Boston: Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1895). Poster. Inscription on NMAH copy: “Compliments of Ethel Reed | Spring – 1895.”

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Time and the Hour (1896)

[Photo credit: National Museum of American Art] Time and the Hour (a Boston magazine), 1896. Poster.

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Boston Sunday Herald (24 March 1895)

[Photo credit: National Museum of American History] Boston Sunday Herald, Fashion Supplement, 24 March [1895]. Poster. NMAH copy inscribed “Compliments of Ethel Reed | March – 1895.”

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Boston Sunday Herald (Easter, 1895)

[Photo credit: National Museum of American History] Boston Sunday Herald, Easter, [1895]. Poster. NMAH copy inscribed “Compliments of Ethel Reed | April – 1895.” (A note on the Houghton Library copy dates it more precisely as 14 April 1895.)

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Stanwood — Boston Illustrated (1895)

[Photo credit: National Museum of American History] Edward Stanwood, Boston Illustrated (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1895). Poster. NMAH copy inscribed “Compliments of Ethel Reed | July – 1895.”

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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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Boston Sunday Herald (24 February [1895])

[Photo credit: New York Public Library] Inscription on copy owned by the National Museum of American History: “Compliments of Ethel Reed | (First poster) | February – 1895.”

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