I See by Tonight's Mail

Date1887

Artist Charles Jay Taylor (American painter and illustrator, 1855–1929)

Illustration Citation"An Old, Old, Story," by H. C. Bunner, in Puck, January 11, 1888

MediumInk on Bristol board

Dimensionssheet: 8 1/4 × 8 9/16 in. (21 × 21.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978

Object number1978-218

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ClassificationsDRAWING

Label TextA lawyer by initial training, Charles Jay Taylor studied art in New York, Paris, and London. He illustrated for many magazines and newspapers; he also taught illustration at the Carnegie Technical Schools in Pittsburgh. He populated his 1888 signature book "The Tailor Made Girl" with images of fashionable women at various activities. He was also known for his political cartoons.

H.C. Bunner, the author of the related literary work, was the editor of the humor magazine Puck from 1877 until his death.