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Susie Barstow Skelding (1857–1934), was an American illustrator who produced several popular series of books in which her illustrations were paired with poetry by well-known authors.
Susie Barstow Skelding (1857–1934), was an American illustrator who produced several popular series of books in which her illustrations were paired with poetry by well-known authors.
Biography
Susie Barstow Skelding was the daughter of Ann Marie Barstow and James Augustus Skelding and the niece of the landscape painterSusie M. Barstow
Susie M. Barstow (May 9, 1836 – June 12, 1923) was an American painter associated with the Hudson River School who was known for her luminous landscapes.
Biography
Susie M. Barstow was the daughter of old-time New York City tea merchant Samue ...
. She was a member of the Brooklyn Art Club.
In the 1880s, she produced several series of books in which her full-color illustrations of flowers accompanied her selections of poetry by various authors, including John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet ...
, Julia Ward Howe, Alice Wellington Rollins
Alice Wellington Rollins (June 12, 1847 – December 5, 1897), was an American writer whose output spanned essays, novels, stories, and children's poetry. She became known for a series of articles on the terrible conditions in New York tenements in ...
, Helen Hunt Jackson, Celia Thaxter, James G. Percival, William Dean Howells, Mary Mapes Dodge, and Elaine Goodale.
The popular "Flower Songs" series is perhaps the best known of these. In some cases, the books' color plates included handwritten poems framed by Skelding's floral designs. A number of the books she produced, such as ''Songsters of the Branches'', were ribbon-bound.
Skelding also chose the poems for a series of books featuring birds; these were illustrated by the artist Fidelia Bridges
Fidelia Bridges (May 19, 1834 – May 14, 1923) was an American artist of the late 19th century. She was known for delicately detailed paintings that captured flowers, plants, and birds in their natural settings. Although she began as an oil paint ...
.
Books
;'Seasons' series *''Spring Blossoms'' (1885) *''Midsummer Flowers'' (1885) *''Flowers for Winter Days'' (1885) ;'Flowers from' series *''Flowers from Hilly Dale'' (1883) *''Flowers from Here and There'' (1885) *''Flowers from Dell and Bower'' (1886) *''Flowers from Sunlight and Shade'' *''Flowers from Glade and Garden'' ;"Flower Songs" series *''Songs of Flowers (I; ca. 1883) *''A Handful of Blossoms'' (II; ca. 1883) *''Maple Leave and Golden Rod'' (III) *''From Moor and Glen'' (IV) *''A Bunch of Roses'' (V) *''Pansies and Orchids'' (VI; 1884) *''Roses and Foreget-Me-Nots'' (VII; 1884) *''Heartsease'' (VIII) *''Wayside Flowers'' (IX) ;Books illustrated byFidelia Bridges
Fidelia Bridges (May 19, 1834 – May 14, 1923) was an American artist of the late 19th century. She was known for delicately detailed paintings that captured flowers, plants, and birds in their natural settings. Although she began as an oil paint ...
*''Birds of Meadow and Grove'' (1886)
*''Songsters of the Branches'' (1886)
*''Birds and Blossoms and What the Poets Sing of Them'' (1887)
*''Winged Flower Lovers'' (1888)
*''Harbingers of Spring'' (1888)
*''Familiar Birds and What the Poets Sing of Them'' (1886)
;Other books
*''Easter Flowers'' (1883)
*''Easter Bells'' (1885)
*''Bits of Distant Land and Sea'' (ca. 1888)
*''Under Italian Skies'' (1888)
*''From Snow to Sunshine'' (1889; by Alice Wellington Rollins
Alice Wellington Rollins (June 12, 1847 – December 5, 1897), was an American writer whose output spanned essays, novels, stories, and children's poetry. She became known for a series of articles on the terrible conditions in New York tenements in ...
)
*''Birthday Flowers'' (1891)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Skelding, Susie Barstow 1857 births 1934 deaths American women illustrators American illustrators 19th-century American women artists American botanical illustrators