Elmer Boyd Smith (American, 1860-1943) two watercolor on paper illustrations for the book STORY OF POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, 1906. First painting depicts Captain Smith, kneeling on one knee and holding the hand of Pocahontas while Chief Powhatan and other Native Americans watch from a village in the background. Second painting depicts Pocahontas and her brother and fellow Native Americans delivering corn to John Smith's colony. Both paintings signed with initials lower left, framed and matted under glass in a molded narrow giltwood frame, and measuring sight: 9 3/4" H x 12 3/4"w; frame 21 1/2"H x 24 1/2"W. Note: Elmer Boyd Smith was raised in Boston where he worked for Riverside Press at an early age. He later studied drawing and painting in Paris, where he wrote and illustrated his first book, "My Village". He returned to Boston in 1898 where he illustrated books for Houghton Mifflin. A few years later, he traveled West to sketch cowboys and Native Americans. Smith's illustrations for books by Andy Adams ("Log Of A Cowboy") and Mary Austin ("Land Of Little Rain") helped establish his reputation as a western artist. His STORY OF POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH was published 1906 by Houghton Mifflin. Source: "American Picturebooks From Noah's Ark to The Beast Within" by Barbara Bader.

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Each with a couple of tiny spots of foxing, light fading, overall good condition. Not examined out of frame.