Mr. Eaton rose and stared in amazement. She was the Betty of his dreams.
Date1924
Artist
Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
(American illustrator, 1871–1953)
Illustration Citation"Youth Has Its Fling," by Sir Philip Gibbs, in Cosmopolitan Magazine, September 1924
MediumCarbon pencil and ink wash on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 17 11/16 × 14 11/16 in. (44.9 × 37.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frederic R. Gruger, Jr., 1981
Object number1981-3
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis story centers on post-World War I London. The man (standing at left) returns to England after a career in Australia; he tracks down the woman he loved in his youth (seated), who now assists in a canteen serving veterans. Ultimately they rekindle their romance and marry, to the delight of the woman's niece (standing at right).Frederic Gruger was one of the most prolific and expert artists in black and white media, which he mastered early in his career as a newspaper illustrator. Originally enrolled at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, he studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Robert Vonnoh and Thoms Anshutz. Initially he workd for several newspapers, including the Philadelphia Record, Item, Press and Public Ledger, and the New York Herald. He initial magazine illustrations appeared in the Century; he then moved to popular magazines, especially The Saturday Evening Post. Two of his recurring charcters were Mr. Moto for J. P. Marquand's stories and Ruggles of Red Gap for Harry Leon Wilson's.
Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
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