A Passing Princess
Date1916
Artist
Arthur E. Becher
(American artist and illustrator, 1877–1960)
Illustration Citation"A Passing Princess," by William Ashley Anderson, in The Ladies' Home Journal, August 1916
MediumCrayon and gouache on illustration board
Dimensions20 × 27 13/16 in. (50.8 × 70.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Frieda Becher, 1971
Object number1971-99
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextSet in 1917 in the port of Aden, which was still under British rule, this story features a young American man jokingly called a "bally neutral" by his British friends because unlike Britain, America was still unengaged in World War I. Bally is a humorous substitute for the more vulgar "bloody." His American directness makes him feel unrefined among the genteel British, but his winning personality impresses a young woman. Here they explore the local bazaar.Founded in 1884, The Ladies Home Journal reached a circulation of more than one million in 1903. Featuring fiction and articles on housekeeping, health, and child-rearing, the magazine also published the work of social reformers such as Jane Addams.
