books0977:Circle of Elizabeth Shippen Green (American 1871-1954). An Illustration for the Encouragem
books0977:Circle of Elizabeth Shippen Green (American 1871-1954). An Illustration for the Encouragement of Reading - circa 1900. Oil on canvas (loose). Apparently unsigned, the lower margin with faux scroll cartouche inscribed with a variation of the opening stanza of Emily Dickinson’s poem ‘There is no Frigate like a Book.‘ There is no Frigate like a BookTo bear us leagues away:Nor any Charger like a pageOf Prancing Poetry. -- source link