The Beauty Contest
Date1928
Artist
William Ely Hill
(American illustrator, 1887–1962)
Illustration Citation"The News Reel," by W. E. Hill. Syndicated, appeared in Chicago Tribune, February 9, 1928.
MediumCharcoal and gouache on paper
Dimensionssheet: 14 3/8 × 21 1/16 in. (36.5 × 53.5 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-51
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextA native of Binghamton, New York, William Ely Hill created comics and caricatures for the humor magazine Puck and various newspapers. These five subjects - four smiling and one apparently less than happy - may reflect the trend toward beauty contests for women that culminated in the first Miss American pageant of 1921.
