Cover
Date1909
Artist
Percy van Eman Ivory
(American painter and illustrator, 1883–1960)
Illustration CitationCover of Harper's Weekly, September 9, 1909
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm)
frame: 31 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (80 × 64.8 cm)
frame: 31 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (80 × 64.8 cm)
Credit LineLouisa du Pont Copeland Memorial Fund, 1976
Object number1976-81
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextBorn in California, Percy Ivory specialized in Western scenes. This cover captures a popular view of the American West, already the locale of sentimental myth by 1909. The implied romance of the moment, the smitten cowboy, and the pristinely-white blouse of the Gibson-Girl-like woman are typical of the glamorized veil cast over what was often a hardscrabble life.
