Frontispiece for The Journey
Date1923
Artist
Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
(American illustrator, 1871–1953)
Illustration CitationFrontisiece for "The Journey," by Larus Spencer Porter, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, January 1924
MediumWatercolor and charcoal on paper
Dimensionssheet: 12 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (31.8 × 23.7 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1980
Object number1980-155
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this story about a married couple who visit France after World War I to see the grave of their soldier son, the husband is approached by a prostitute in a cafe. The illustrator Frederic Gruger highlights the man's face with a shaft of light, and the prostitute's presence with her central position. Most of the other cafe patrons serve as background rather than as fully realized characters.
