Young Girl with Bow possibly by Charles Henry Cushman Parker (MA, 1881-1940), oil on canvas, circa 1910s-30s, unframed - 29 3/4" x 24 1/4"
This is appears to be a commercial illustration mock up similar to illustrations in the "Dorothy Dimple and her Friends" series by prominent illustrator Charles Henry Cushman Parker. "Dorothy Dimples" was a series of paper doll publications made between 1909 and 1915.
Cushman Parker was a painter and illustrator. During the early part of the 20th century Cushman Parker was a competitor of noted illustrator Norman Rockwell. He was born in Boston and studied at the Academie Julian in Paris. He created illustrations for Beech-Nut, Bon Ami, Fleischman bread, and Welch’s grape juice, among others. He also illustrated for magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post and Good Housekeeping, for whom he also created a set of paper dolls called “Little Louise.” He designed additional sets of paper dolls for George W. Jacobs & Co. called called "Dorothy Dimple and her Friends: Paper Dolls of Many Nations." He also created a war propaganda poster for the United States Food Administration during World War I, which featured a picture of a little boy saluting a bowl of oatmeal with the caption, “Little Americans Do Your Bit.”
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