# The Boston Sunday Herald - ladies want it Feb. 24 [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [REED, Ethel]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Colour lithograph, 437 x 301 mm ## Commentary The Boston Sunday Herald - ladies want it Feb. 24 1895 Colour lithograph, 437 x 301 mm Library of Congress, Washington The print shows a portrait of a woman, half-length, right profile, sitting, reading a newspaper, with flowers in the background. It is possibly a self-portrait by artist Ethel Reed. Ethel Reed, one of the few woman artists of Art Nouveau to achieve celebrity, produced illustrations based on sensitive portrait studies. She employed the poster-like style of her design in numerous book illustrations and posters. ## Related artworks - [Book cover: Miss Träumerei]() - [Book cover]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()