Magazine Page, May Stanley "The Mother-Dream" Poem, Art Deco Illustration, Original Pictorial Review, USA, 1915

A woman kneels in candlelight, praying to become a mother.

Published in the May 1915 issue of Pictorial Review, this full-page, full-color original is one of the most quietly beautiful pieces of American ephemera we've encountered. The Art Deco illustration — cherub angels, flickering candles, devotional borders — accompanies May Stanley's poem of the same name, first published in her 1914 collection Minnesota Christmas and Other Verses. Stanley (1889–1938) was a poet and journalist who wrote for the Duluth News Tribune and eventually for Musical America in New York; she won three posthumous Jessie Mackay Memorial Poetry Awards in 1946. This page is 110 years old, printed not reproduced, and the colors remain bright.

A piece for anyone moved by devotional art, Art Deco illustration, or the poetry of early twentieth-century American women. A meaningful Mother's Day gift, or a quiet addition to a spiritual or reading space.

• Type: Original magazine page — not a print or reproduction
• Publication: Pictorial Review, May 1915
• Poet: May Stanley (1889–1938)
• Dimensions: 10.0 × 12.75 inches
• Condition: Very good vintage — light stains and minor tears on borders, frameable; colors bright
• Material: Paper