JESSIE WILCOX SMITH (1863-1935)

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JESSIE WILCOX SMITH (1863-1935)

'Twas the Night before Christmas

signed Jessie Wilcox Smith, l.l.--pen and black ink and watercolor on board
9 1/2 x 14 1/4in. (24.2 x 36.3cm.)
Literature
Related Literature

S. M. Schnessel, Jessie Willcox Smith, New York,

Lot Essay

This watercolor was used in Clement Clark Moore's 1912 publication of Twas the Night Before Christmas to illustrate the lines: "When all at once there arose such a clatter, he sprang from his bed to see what was the matter..."