Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter Murphy

Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter Murphy (1867–1941) was an American artist.[1] She was born in Stockton, California,[1] and moved to Boston when she married her first husband, Herman Umbstaetter.[2] She drew many of the covers for The Black Cat, the magazine her husband edited from 1895 to 1912,[3] and a collection of the covers was advertised as a free gift with subscriptions to the magazine in 1905.[4] She studied with Joseph De Camp and Charles Howard Walker.[1] Her first husband died in 1913, and she married Hermann Dudley Murphy in 1916.[1]

Two page spread advertisement showing examples of the black cat drawings advertised for sale
Ad for a collection of Murphy's drawings of the black cat featured on the cover of her husband's magazine, The Black Cat

List of exhibitions

Her exhibitions included the following:[1]

References
  1. "Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter". Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia. 2015. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015.
  2. Bessom (1920), pp. 84–92.
  3. Stephensen-Payne, Phil (November 18, 2022). "Index: Artists: Page 109". Galactic Central. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  4. Anonymous (October 1905), pp. vi–vii.

Sources
  • Anonymous (October 1905). "Something New!". The Black Cat. Vol. 11, no. 1. pp. vi–vii. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  • Bessom, Harold E. (October 1920). "The Story of The Black Cat". The Black Cat. Vol. 25, no. 12. pp. 84–92. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
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