More Tea Postcards

This last: “Tea in the Garden” by Belgian artist Evariste Carpentier (1845-1922)

May Queen Tea

A postcard for Wood’s May Queen Tea, imported by Thomas Wood & Co. of Boston

No Easy Task

“It was no easy task to guide the boat down the swift current.” An illustration by Frank Schoonover for “Between the Lupin and the Laurel” by Henry Van Dyke in Scribner’s Magazine, 1907.

Paid in Full

“He thrust a dirty, crumpled wad of bills into the gasping mouth.” An illustration for “The Lascar” in Scribner’s Magazine, 1907, by N.C. Wyeth.

Walter Hunt Everett

Work by artist W.H. (Walter Hunt) Everett (1880-1946), one of the great Golden Age illustrators.

Isola Bella

Illustration by Maxfield Parrish, for Century Magazine, August 1904, of Isola Bella (‘beautiful island’) on Lago Maggiore in Italy, on the southern side of the Alps. The island is entirely occupied by a palace and garden begun in 1632 by Carlo III, of the House of Borromeo, for his wife, Isabella. With thanks to the wonderful Golden Age.

Crow

“Exasperation sharpened her wits,” an illustration by Paul Bransom (1885-1979) for An Argosy of Fables (1921) by Frederic Taber Cooper.

Incense, Qing Dynasty

Cloisonné incense burner, Qing dynasty (1644-1912)

Rakish

“N’ the pirates, seein’ how it was, puts off in boats.” An illustration by N.C. Wyeth for “The Rakish Brigantine” by James B. Connolly, Scribner’s Magazine, August 1914.

“However, after six days o’ restin’ up, with salubrious fruits an’ wines an’ the most melojus concerts, my capt’n broaches the cause of why we’re callin’ on the Don Hidalgo Rodreego Cazamma.” An illustration by N.C. Wyeth for “The Medicine Ship” by James B. Connolly, Scribner’s Magazine, December 1915

Virgil Finlay

I’m not usually a fan of Virgil Finlay, but these two, from Weird Tales in 1937, really struck me as special. With thanks to The Golden Age.