Girl Reading at Window - Jessie Willcox Smith Art Print 02773 billowing sleeves and a frilled

billowing sleeves and a frilled collar

which may resemble a delicate flower

but its tone takes a sinister turn when you delve into its source

finds himself enticed by the green-haired sea lady and her fish companions

Girl Reading at Window - Jessie Willcox Smith Art Print 02773 billowing sleeves and a frilledIs there anything better than getting cozy with a book? This serene scene originally graced the pages of the 1905 edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses, adorned with illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith. It harmoniously complements its corresponding poem Picture Books in Winter, where Stevenson reflects on, "Sitting safe in nursery nooks, Reading picture story books." See this image on a greeting card! Jessie Willcox Smith