Stanley Arthurs story illustration for Scribner's Magazine (1908): a beautifully framed antique

Story Illustration  "The Evening Mail"      For "The Old Boston Post Road" by the Artist        Scribner's Magazine.  Vol. 44, November 1908 Issue     IMAGE INFORMATION      Image Size: H 9.00” x W 6.00”      Matted & Framed:  H 16.00” x W 12.00”      Framed Price: $175.00      Packaging and shipping approximately $22.00   This illustration was the final in the set SMA produced for his 1908 Scribner’s magazine article, "The Old Boston Post Road." Like its two companion pieces, it exhibits the characteristics that made the artist successful through his 50-year career. In the biography that the Director of the Delaware Art Museum prepared for the catalogue that accompanied its retrospective of the artist’s work, Charles Wyrick made these observations concerning SMA’s training and style: "Arthur’s first major published work, First Thanksgiving Day Proclamation,  appeared in the December 2, 1899 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Painted and selected for publication under Pyle’s expert supervis