This is one of my favorite images printed by the Green Tiger Press back in its heyday. "Secret Garden" by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863 -1935) appeared in Good Housekeeping magazine in 1922.
This notecard was exactingly reproduced by the legendary Green Tiger Press in San Diego, California, in-house on a four-color Heidelberg printing press in the early 1980's. It displays all the attention to detail for which the Green Tiger Press was justifiably famous.
It is a reminder of childhood days and encourages me to cultivate my garden this spring.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
"Secret Garden" by Jessie Willcox Smith
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What a beautiful image. It does make you want to plant a garden, a secret garden where you can go to get away from the fast pace of the modern world. Looking at this picture I long for a time that seemed more innocent and less hectic. I wish our culture could embrace a system where beauty, quality and simplicity were valued over the accumulation of "things", profits and power.
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