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Modeling Mother and Son: The Real-Life Figures Who Posed for J.C. Leyendecker and George Hughes
Two of our favorite covers for The Saturday Evening Post by Joseph Christian Leyendecker and George Hughes celebrate the special bonds between mother and son that occur during milestone moments of transition from childhood into adulthood. We take this opportunity to...
For The Love of The Game: Joseph Francis Kernan’s Covers for Baseball Magazine
Baseball Magazine was founded in December 1907 by Boston sportswriter Jacob Morse. As the first monthly American magazine devoted entirely to baseball, the publication had the time and space to run lengthier, more in-depth feature-length articles compared to weekly...
The Red Rose Girls
Near the turn of the early twentieth century, three women illustrators, Jessie Willcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and Violet Oakley, defied social norms by living communally and finding fulfillment outside the traditional domestic sphere through successful and...
Haddon Sundblom’s Advertisements for Cashmere Bouquet Soap
In a series of illustrations for a Cashmere Bouquet Soap campaign, Haddon Sundblom used romantic imagery to subtly suggest the sensuousness of soft fragrant skin. The couples embrace and sit nearly cheek-to-cheek as the men gaze longingly at their lovers, who showcase...
John Ford Clymer’s Winter Scenes
John Ford Clymer masterfully captured the essence and character of the winter season. His scenes created for advertisements and magazine covers evoke invigorating cold air, crisp with the promise of more snow, and depict frosted landscapes with the long shadows of...
J.C. Leyendecker and the New Year’s Baby
J.C. Leyendecker’s cherubs and babies graced the covers of 37 New Year’s issues of The Saturday Evening Post, ushering in each new year from 1907 to 1943. While the New Year’s Babies initially portrayed a childlike innocence, they soon began to offer commentary on the...
Norman Rockwell Companion Masterpieces Reunited
The Audience of One - By Norman Rockwell The Illustrated Gallery recently had the privilege to reunite these two companion works...
Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit on Christmas Day, by Jessie Willcox Smith
This book illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith captures some of her best qualities at work. Through her pictures of children, whether illustrations for fairy tales, or of simple domestic scenes, Smith changed and grew the appreciation of children in American popular...