Precious 1904 Framed Ad Calendar w/Print by \"Maud Humphrey\" The Equitable Life For Sale

Description: ThisPrecious 1904 Two Month Ad Calendar has an adorable Print by \"Maud Humphrey\". The calendar is advertising \"The Equitable Life Assurance Co.\". The print is titled \"Playing Bridesmaid\".

\"Maud Humphrey(March 30, 1868 – November 22, 1940) was a commercial illustrator, water colorist, andsuffragettefrom the United States. She was also the mother of actorHumphrey Bogartand would frequently use her young son as a model. She was born inRochester, New Yorkin 1868 to John Perkins Humphrey and Frances V. Dewey Churchill. She studied at theArt Students League of New Yorkand in Paris at theJulian Academy. She married Dr. Belmont DeForest Bogart (1867–1934); they had one son,Humphrey, and two daughters. She won aLouis Prangand Company competition for Christmas card design and then began working for publisher F. A. Stokes as an illustrator.From the 1890s through the 1920s, her work Included child portraits, \"illustrating calendars, greeting cards, postcards, fashion magazines, and more than 20 story books.\" She earned more than $50,000 a year while her husband\'s surgical practice brought in $20,000 a year.E. Richards McKinstry of theWinterthur Museum, Garden and Libraryobserved in his articleHeres\'s Looking at You, Maud, that theGerber Productslogo illustration for its strained baby food was not created until Humphrey Bogart was an adult. Maud Humphrey died in 1940 and was interred in theColumbariumatForest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).\"

Measures 10\"W x 12\" H.

Professionally Framed in Culpeper, VA.