Suggestion to bores -- pick out a young one -- she won't know how to escape

Suggestion to bores -- pick out a young one -- she won't know how to escape
Suggestion to bores -- pick out a young one -- she won't know how to escape

Suggestion to bores -- pick out a young one -- she won't know how to escape

Date1913
Artist (American illustrator and painter, 1867–1944)
Illustration CitationHarper's Bazar, September 1913
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 21 11/16 × 28 7/8 in. (55.1 × 73.3 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1988
Object number1988-141
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextCharles Dana Gibson is best known for his creation of the "Gibson Girl," an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century. Here he places her in an awkward social situation, her eyes appealing to the viewer for help.
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