Sunday, July 03, 2022

 

Wish You Were Here, from Charles Dana Gibson

 

Although they forgot to take credit on this C.D. Gibson postcard, the maker is James Henderson & Sons, a British imprint. The drawn out explanation on the back of this card is as follows: 

"SNAP SHOTS" Post Cards -- C.D. Gibson's Drawings: "Heads" -- 18

As noted on the front, this and other Gibson images for this series are taken from the magazine Pictorial Comedy, a British publication that, as best I can tell, is more than likely to be the American Life magazine under different wraps.

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Hello Allan-
"Pictorial Comedy" was a monthly magazine that was published in London by James Henderson & Sons, which had a lot of Gibson cartoons in it, mainly from LIFE. They advertised a lot of his art, available in art prints and in sets of Postcards. Other cartoons that appeared in the magazine were by other artists, like Flagg, which were from LIFE as well, which I believe were owned by Gibson as well.
 
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