Watching the great happiness on Mr. Thompson's face when his pretty wife rushed to his side, Jean Louis almost forgot his troubles

© SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum…
© SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN.
Watching the great happiness on Mr. Thompson's face when his pretty wife rushed to his side, Jean Louis almost forgot his troubles
© SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Watching the great happiness on Mr. Thompson's face when his pretty wife rushed to his side, Jean Louis almost forgot his troubles

Date1951
Artist (American illustrator, 1905–1960)
Illustration Citation"The Troublesome Taxi," by Hugh B. Cave, in The Saturday Evening Post, March 31, 1951
MediumOil and gouache on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 14 7/16 × 18 7/16 in. (36.7 × 46.8 cm)
sheet: 18 13/16 × 21 1/2 in. (47.8 × 54.6 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1987
Object number1987-5
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this scene, a husband and wife are reconciled after a separation, brought together by the taxi driver standing in the background, his torn shirt a result of the accident that injured the man.