Charles Dana Gibson was an illustrator whose work was prominent from the 1880s to the end of WWI. I love his images for their humor, wry wit, and aesthetic loveliness (I do love the Gibson Girl look!), and I hope you enjoy them too!
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| Both funny and a bit morbid, if you ask me. He would repeat this idea of female power (abuse of power, he seemed to think) in other images. |
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| Again with the cruel ladies thing! This one was humorously titled "The Weaker Sex". |
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| This one reminds me of Lady Mary Crawley from Downton Abbey! Doesn't it look like her? |
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| I like this and it makes me chuckle but I feel so bad for that poor pug, it looks so sad! |
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| "The Crush" |
- Emily
There's a large volume of Gibson illustrations in the library at my parents' house that I used to go through as a child, wishing I could be as elegant as all the Gibson Girls! I love the last one--it looks like his book is upside down!
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