Virginia Frances Sterrett: The Arabian Nights Boxed Notecards

Twenty assorted 5 x 7" blank notecards (5 each of 4 styles) with white envelopes in a decorative box.

A born artist, Virginia Frances Sterrett (American, 1900–1931) started to draw as soon as she could hold a pencil. Her short life was punctuated by tragedy—the death of her father, her mother’s poor health, and her own long struggle with tuberculosis. Despite these challenges, Sterrett completed several major commissions to illustrate oversize fairytale books, including Old French Fairy Tales, by Comtesse de Segu, and Tanglewood Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Sterrett’s illustrations for Arabian Nights, edited by Hildegarde Hawthorne, were collectively considered her masterpiece; four of them—from a volume now held in the Library of Congress collections—are reproduced in this notecard assortment.

Contains five each of the following notecards:

“The Sultana held conversation with a man.” Illustration from “Scheherazade” in Arabian Nights
“Morgiana danced with much grace.” Illustration from “The History of Ali Baba . . .” in Arabian Nights
“The Princess had great beauty.” Illustration from “The Three Calendars” in Arabian Nights
"Alladin saluted her with joy.” Illustration from “The Story of Alladin, or the Wonderful Lamp” in Arabian Nights