Antique 1905 Maxfield Parrish Magazine cover, OUTING September 1905 Cover removed from outlet Magazine and framed 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 Caspar Whitney

Maxfield Parrish was born in 1870 and passed away in 1966. He is one of America's best known artists and illustrators, his name recognition rivals that of Norman Rockwell. He is outlet and was so popular of an artist that in the 1930's it is estimated that nearly half of the households in America had some form of his work. Even today his work is highly collectable with some calendars and books selling for thousands, and his paintings often for millions.

He was born with the name Frederick Parrish, he added Maxfield, the maiden name of his paternal grandmother, as a middle name, using it professionally as his "first" name.

His father was an well known engraver and landscaper artist. After years of instruction under his father he attended Haverford College and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1897, he received a commission to illustrate L. Frank Baum's "Mother Goose in Prose." From this point his career skyrocketed. By the 1910s, Parrish's work was found in the leading national magazines of the times. His work is featured in Colliers and Life, and in advertisements for Colgate, Edison-Mazda Lamps, Fisk Tires, Oneida Cutlery and more. This paid well, and brought him great renown however he became bored with illustration and his hand to turned to painting. In his early painting career he lived off the royalties from calendar, print and posters of his paintings, many of which were fantasy themed. In the early 1930s, Parrish switched to painting landscapes, declaring, according to the Associated Press, "I'm done with girls on rocks."

This is one of Maxfield's earlier works, a Magazine cover for "The Outing Magazine"

Outing (sometimes titled The Outing Magazine) was a late 19th- and early 20th-century American magazine covering a variety of sporting activities. It began publication in 1882 as the Wheelman "an illustrated magazine of cycling literature and news" and had four title changes before ceasing publication in 1923. The magazine was notable for having several covers made by Maxfield Parrish, and for having published Jack London's novel White Fang in serial form.

This September 1905 cover was removed from the magazine and framed. It has some creasing in the top right side, and some feathering at the spine. I received this one sealed so I have not inspected the inside of the cover, or the back however it does appear that this is the whole cover, not just the front.