by Tom Lovell (American, 1909-1997). This illustration, which appeared in Woman’s Home Companion, is the story of conflict between man and wife, showing the close relationship between mother and children to the exclusion of the father. Lovell painted for National Geographic among many other magazines. He was commissioned by many publications to produce scenes of…
Category: Illustrations & Prints
Abraham Lincoln Debating Stephen Douglas, 1860
The work of Dean Cornwell, (American, 1892-1960), nicknamed the “Dean of American Illustrators,” was a dominant presence in such magazines as Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Redbook, and Good Housekeeping. He also painted murals on many public buildings in New York, Los Angeles, and in Europe.
A Formal Gathering
by Alice Barber Stephens (American, 1858-1932). Stephens studied under Thomas Eakins and quickly attained leadership in the “New Woman” movement of working and professional women of the late 19th century. She was, perhaps ironically, best recognized for her illustrations for Ivory Soap advertisements. Her work regularly appeared in magazines such as Scribner’s Monthly, Harper’s Weekly,…
Voting
This is a page of a lithograph from the June 4, 1870, edition of Harper’s Weekly showing black men lining up to register to vote in the first municipal elections in Richmond, Virginia, since the end of the Civil War. Subtitled “A Journal of Civilization,” Harper’s Weekly was a published out of New York City from 1857 until 1916….