Mary R. Bassett
Illustration — Mary and her Lamb, by Mary R Bassett (1911) • Illustration — The Holiday, by Mary R Bassett Mary Robertson Bassett was a late 19th and early 20th century illustrator of magazines and children's books.
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Mary R. Bassett
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Illustration — Mary and her Lamb, by Mary R Bassett (1911) • Illustration — The Holiday, by Mary R Bassett Mary Robertson Bassett was a late 19th and early 20th century illustrator of magazines and children's books.
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Mary Robertson Bassett illustrated magazines such as Ladies' Home Journal, and children's books published by P. F. Volland Company, Baker & Taylor Company, Grosset & Dunlap, and other publishers. Her illustrations are sold at auction.
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• Wells, Carolyn, and Mary R. Bassett. Marjorie's New Friend. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1909. • Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, and Mary R. Bassett. The Green Door. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1910. • Johnson, Clifton, and Mary R. Bassett. Little Folks' Book of Verse. New York: Baker & Taylor Co, 1911. • Richards, Laura, and Mary Robertson Bassett. Fairy Operettas. Boston: Little, Brown, 1916. • Croll, Pauline, and Mary R. Bassett. Just for You. Chicago: P.F. Volland Co, 1918. • Johnson, Clifton, Mary R. Bassett and Will Hammell. Poems My Children Love Best of All. New York: Lloyd Adams Noble, 1918.
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Reviewers noted that her work was "unusually attractive", "charming", "beautifully illustrated", and "not only skilfully made, but also show a most appreciate feeling for the contents of the book." School and Home Education wrote of her work in Fairy Operettas (1916), "The imagination of the reader is agreeably stimulated by the illustrations from the pens and brushes of Mary Robertson Bassett."
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- 1.Shaw, John MacKay. Childhood in Poetry. Tallahassee: Friends of the Library, Florida State University, 1970.
- 2.Fairy operettas / by Laura E. Richards; with by Mary Robertson Bassett. HathiTrust Digital Library.
- 3.Ladies' Home Journal Magazine May 1908 "A Girl's Number". Holidays.
- 4.BASSETT, MARY R. - American Illustrators Gallery. www.americanillustrators.com.
- 5.R. R. Bowker LLC. Fiction, Folklore, Fantasy and Poetry for Children, 1876-1985: Author Index, Illustrator Index, Title Index, Awards Index. 1 October 1986. 978-0-8352-1831-3.
- 6.Mascolo, J. January turns hot at Skinner sale. Boston Herald. 8 December 2002.
- 7."The Green Door" by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman. The Indianapolis Star. 14, Col 6. 1 March 1911.
- 8.Another Lot of Books for Young Folks. Chicago Daily Tribune. 8. 18 November 1911.
- 9.Reviews of Children's Books. St Louis Post-Dispatch. 10. 2 December 1911.
- 10.Book Reviews. "Little Folks' Book of Verse.". Argus-Leader. 4. 20 December 1911.
- 11.Gloriosus, Miles. Laura E. Richards: Fairy Operettas. School and Home Education. 36. 5. 146. January 1917.
- 12.Leafstedt, Carl S. Inside Bluebeard's Castle: Music and Drama in Bela Bartok's Opera. Oxford University Press. 175. 1999. 9780195109993.
- 13.U.S. Government Printing Office. Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. 1228–. 1916.
- 14.Book Table. The Journal of Education. 87. 11 (2171). 301. 1918. 42829328.
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