Virginia Frances Sterret

Virginia Frances Sterret

Virginia Frances Sterret (1900–1931-06-08) was an American artist and illustrator. Her best known work is the illustration of the One Thousand and One Nights. She died of tuberculosis. [http://www.vfsterrett.com/biography.asp Virginia Frances Sterret] ]

Works

All three books were published by the Penn Publishing Company. They were large books with large type, simple stories, and designed to be gift books for children.

*"Old French Fairy Tales" by Comtesse de Segur, 1919
*"Tanglewood Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1921
*"Arabian Nights, 1928

References

External links

* [http://www.vfsterrett.com/arabian_nights_index.asp "Arabian Nights" illustrations]
* [http://www.gallery.oldbookart.com/main.php?g2_itemId=1461 "Tanglewood Tales" illustrations]


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