Bertha Corbett, an accomplished artist and miniature portrait painter, was born in Denver, studied in Minneapolis. Chicago and Philadelphia where she spent a year as a pupil of Howard Pyle. In a discussion with fellow artists she asserted that it was not necessary to see a face to make a figure expressive. Put to the challenge of proving her point, the Sunbonner Baby was born. Sunbonnet babies are active, expressive children whose faces are obscured by the brim of a large hat. They appeared in their first book, the Sunbonnet Babies in 1900, with accompanying rhymes and were discovered by Eulalie Osgood Grover who then employed Corbet to illustrate a number of children's primers in the early 1900's. Miss Corbet married Mr. Melcher and they moved west to southern California where she continued her work.
Argynnis Aglaia (Dark Green Fritillary)
Melitaea Euphrosyne (Pearl Bordered Fritillary)
William H. Lizars
Engraving
England - 19th century More Info...
