print email comment close National Museum of American Illustration URL: http://www.americanillustration.org/ Description: This museum "exhibits original artworks from the 'Golden Age of American Illustration' (1870-1965) featuring the greatest illustration artists" such as Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, and N.C. Wyeth. The collection is housed in Vernon Court, "a French chateau mansion from the 'Gilded Age,' designed by Carrere & Hastings." Site includes an architectural history of the building and a virtual tour of the collection and biographies and selected images of works by over a dozen artists. Publisher: National Museum of American Illustration Extra Keywords Imagist Library of Congress Subject Headings: Art museums Illustration of books Illustrators -- United States -- Biography Magazine illustration Museums -- Rhode Island -- Newport LII Database Information: Record 2754 created by Sybil Finemel on 05/25/2003 Last modification on 10/14/2004 Published: 05/25/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2754