1918 PRUSSIA KAISER WILHELM GERMANY WWI MILITARY CHARLES GIBSON PRINT FC3270 For Sale

1918 PRUSSIA KAISER WILHELM GERMANY WWI MILITARY CHARLES GIBSON PRINT FC3270

DATE OF THIS**ORIGINAL** ITEM:1918

THIS IS A TWO-PAGE FOLDED INSERT PRINT FROM THE CENTER OF AN ORIGINAL LIFE MAGAZINE. THE CENTERFOLDMAY SHOW SOME PIN HOLES / WEAR FROM THE BINDING, BUTA GOOD PAPER CONSERVATOR CAN EASILY REPAIR THIS AND MAKE IT PRESENTABLE FOR FRAMING. PLEASE LOOK OVERTHE ITEM CAREFULLYFOR SIZE AND CONDITION!

ILLUSTRATOR/ARTIST:

Charles Dana Gibson(September 14, 1867 – December 23, 1944)[1]was an American illustrator who created theGibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century.

He published his illustrations inLifemagazine and other major national publications for more than 30 years, becoming editor in 1918 and later owner of the general interest magazine.

Gibson was born inRoxbury, Massachusettson September 14, 1867. He was a son of Josephine Elizabeth (née Lovett) and Charles DeWolf Gibson.He had five siblingsand was a descendant of U.S. SenatorsJames DeWolfandWilliam Bradford.

A talented youth with an early interest in art, Gibson was enrolled by his parents in New York City\'sArt Students League, where he studied for two years.

Peddling his pen-and-ink sketches, Gibson sold his first work in 1886 toLifemagazine, founded byJohn Ames MitchellandAndrew Miller. It featured general interest articles, humor, illustrations, and cartoons. His works appeared weekly in the popular national magazine for more than 30 years. He quickly built a wider reputation, with his drawings being featured in all the major New York publications, includingHarper\'s Weekly,ScribnersandCollier\'s. His illustrated books include the 1898 editions ofAnthony Hope\'sThe Prisoner of Zendaand its sequelRupert of Hentzauas well asRichard Harding Davis\'Gallegher and Other Stories.

It is an oft-repeated urban legend that Gibson\'s wife and her elegant Langhorne sisters inspired his famous Gibson Girls, who became iconic images in early 20th-century society. The truth is that the first Gibson Girl appeared in 1890, more than two years before Gibson ever met the Langhorne family, and in later years it became fashionable for many of Gibson\'s friends and family to model for his illustrations.Their dynamic and resourceful fatherChiswell Langhornehad his wealth severely reduced by the Civil War, but by the late 19th century, he had rebuilt his fortune on tobacco saleeering and the railroad industry.

After the death of John Ames Mitchell in 1918, Gibson became editor ofLifeand later took over as owner of the magazine. As the popularity of the Gibson Girl faded afterWorld War I, Gibson took to working in oils for his own pleasure. In 1918, he was elected into theNational Academy of Designas an Associate member,and became a full Academician in 1932.

He retired in 1936, the same year Scribner\'s published his biography,Portrait of an Era as Drawn by C. D. Gibson: A Biographyby Fairfax Downey. At the time of his death in 1944, he was considered \"the most celebrated pen-and-ink artist of his time as well as a painter applauded by the critics of his later work.\"

On November 7, 1895, Gibson was married to Irene Langhorne (1873–1956), a daughter of railroad industrialistChiswell Langhorne.Irene was born inDanville, Virginia, and was one of five sisters, all noted for their beauty, includingNancy Astor, Viscountess Astor,the first woman to serve as aMember of Parliament(MP) in theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom.Irene and Charles were the parents of two children:

• Irene Langhorne Gibson (1897–1973),who married George Browne Post III (1890–1952), a grandson of architectGeorge B. Post, in 1916.They divorced and she married real estate developerJohn Josiah Emery(1898–1976) in 1926.
• Langhorne Gibson (1899–1982),who married Marion Taylor (1902–1960) in 1922.He later married Parthenia Burke Ross (1911–1998) in 1936.

For part of his career, Gibson lived inNew Rochelle, New York, a popularart colonyamong actors, writers and artists of the period. The community was most well known for its unprecedented number of prominent American illustrators.Gibson also owned an island offIslesboro, Mainewhich came to be known as 700 Acre Island; he and his wife spent an increasing amount of time there through the years.

Gibson died of aheart ailmentin 1944, aged 77, at 127East 73rd Street, his home in New York City.After a private funeral service at the Gibson home in New York, he was interred atMount Auburn CemeteryinCambridge, Massachusetts.His widow died at her home inGreenwood, Virginiain April 1956 at the age of 83.

Almost unrestricted merchandising saw his distinctive sketches appear in many forms. TheGibsoncocktail has been claimed to be named after him, as it is said he favored ordering gin martinis with a pickled onion garnish in place of the traditional olive orlemon zest.

SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS/DESCRIPTIVE WORDS:PRUSSIAN GENTLEMEN IN AN ORCHARD CHILD WAR BATTLE DUTCH GIRL

Lifeis an American magaZINE published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent \"special\" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008.During its golden age from 1936 to 1972,Lifewas a wide-ranging weekly general-interest magazine known for the quality of itsphotography, and was one of the nation\'s most popular magazines, regularly reaching one-quarter of the population.

Lifewas published independently for its first 53 years until 1936 as a general-interest andlight entertainmentmagazine, heavy on illustrations, jokes, and social commentary. It featured some of the most important writers, editors, illustrators and cartoonists of its time:Charles Dana Gibson,Norman RockwellandJacob Hartman Jr. Gibson became the editor and owner of the magazine afterJohn Ames Mitchelldied in 1918. During its later years, the magazine offered brief capsule reviews (similar to those inThe New Yorker) of plays and movies running in New York City, but with the innovative touch of a colored typographic bullet resembling a traffic light, appended to each review: green for a positive review, red for a negative one, and amber for mixed notices.

In 1936,TimepublisherHenry LuceboughtLifesolely for its title, and greatly redesigned the publication.LIFE(stylized inall caps) became the first all-photographic American news magazine, and it dominated the market for several decades, with a circulation peaking at over 13.5 million copies a week. One striking image published in the magazine wasAlfred Eisenstaedt\'sphotograph of a nurse in a sailor\'s arms, taken on August 14, 1945, during aVJ-Daycelebration in New York\'sTimes Square. The magazine\'s role in the history of photojournalism is considered its most important contribution to publishing. Its prestige attracted thememoirsof PresidentHarry S. Truman, Prime MinisterWinston Churchill, and GeneralDouglas MacArthur, all serialized in its pages.

After 2000,Time Inc.continued to use theLifebrand for special and commemorative issues.Lifereturned to regularly scheduled issues as a weekly newspaper supplement from 2004 to 2007.The website life.com, originally one of the channels on Time Inc.\'sPathfinderservice, was for a time in the late 2000s managed as a joint venture withGetty Imagesunder the nameSee Your World, LLC.On January 30, 2012, the Life.com URL became a photo channel on Time.com.

Lifewas founded on January 4, 1883, in a New York City artist\'s studio at 1155 Broadway, as a partnership betweenJohn Ames MitchellandAndrew Miller. Mitchell held a 75% interest in the magazine with the remaining 25% held by Miller. Both men retained their holdings until their deaths.Miller served as secretary-treasurer of the magazine and managed the business side of the operation. Mitchell, a 37-year-old illustrator who used a $10,000 inheritance to invest in the weekly magazine, served as its publisher. He also created the firstLifename-plate withcupidsas mascots and later on, drew its masthead of a knight leveling his lance at the posterior of a fleeing devil. Then he took advantage of a new printing process using zinc-coated plates, which improved the reproduction of his illustrations and artwork. This edge helped becauseLifefaced stiff competition from the best-selling humor magazinesJudgeandPuck, which were already established and successful.Edward Sandford Martinwas brought on asLife\'s first literary editor; the recentHarvard Universitygraduate was a founder of theHarvard Lampoon.

The motto of the first issue ofLifewas: \"While there\'s Life, there\'s hope.\"The new magazine set forth its principles and policies to its readers:

We wish to have some fun in this paper...We shall try to domesticate as much as possible of the casual cheerfulness that is drifting about in an unfriendly world...We shall have something to say about religion, about politics, fashion, society, literature, the stage, the stock exchange, and the police station, and we will speak out what is in our mind as fairly, as truthfully, and as decently as we know how.

The magazine was a success and soon attracted the industry\'s leading contributors,of which the most important wasCharles Dana Gibson. Three years after the magazine was founded, theMassachusettsnative first soldLifea drawing for $4: a dog outside his kennel howling at the Moon. Encouraged by a publisher, also an artist, Gibson was joined inLifeearly days by illustrators such asPalmer Cox(creator of theBrownie),A. B. Frost,Oliver HerfordandE. W. Kemble.Life\'s literary roster included the following:John Kendrick Bangs,James Whitcomb RileyandBrander Matthews.

Mitchell was accused ofanti-Semitismat a time of high rates of immigration to New York of eastern EuropeanJews. When the magazine blamed the theatrical team ofKlaw & Erlangerfor Chicago\'sIroquois Theater Firein 1903, many people complained.Life\'sdrama critic,James Stetson Metcalfe, was barred from the 47 Manhattan theatres controlled by theTheatrical Syndicate.Lifepublished caricatures of Jews with large noses.

Several individuals would publish their first major works inLife. In 1908Robert Ripleypublished his first cartoon inLife, 20 years before hisBelieve It or Not!fame.Norman Rockwell\'s first cover forLifemagazine,Tain\'t You, was published May 10, 1917. His paintings were featured onLife\'scover 28 times between 1917 and 1924.Rea Irvin, the first art director ofThe New Yorkerand creator of the character \"Eustace Tilley\", began his career by drawing covers forLife.

This version ofLifetook sides in politics and international affairs, and published pro-American editorials. AfterGermanyattackedBelgiumin 1914, Mitchell and Gibson undertook a campaign to push the U.S. into the war. Gibson drew theKaiseras a bloody madman, insultingUncle Sam, sneering at crippled soldiers, and shootingRed Crossnurses.

Following Mitchell\'s death in 1918, Gibson bought the magazine for $1 million, but the end ofWorld War Ihad brought on social change.Life\'sbrand of humor was outdated, as readers wanted more daring and risque works, andLifestruggled to compete. A little more than three years after purchasingLife, Gibson quit and turned the decaying property over to publisherClair Maxwelland treasurerHenry Richter. Gibson retired toMaineto paint and lost interest in the magazine.

In 1920, Gibson selected formerVanity FairstafferRobert E. Sherwoodas editor. AWWIveteran and member of theAlgonquin Round Table, Sherwood tried to inject sophisticated humor onto the pages.LifepublishedIvy Leaguejokes, cartoons,flappersayings and all-burlesque issues. Beginning in 1920,Lifeundertook a crusade againstProhibition. It also tapped the humorous writings ofFrank Sullivan,Robert Benchley,Dorothy Parker,Franklin Pierce AdamsandCorey Ford. Among the illustrators and cartoonists wereRalph Barton,Percy Crosby,Don Herold,Ellison Hoover,H. T. Webster,Art YoungandJohn Held, Jr.

Lifehad 250,000 readers in 1920,but as theJazz Agerolled into theGreat Depression, the magazine lost money and subscribers. By the time Maxwell and editorGeorge Egglestontook over,Lifehad switched from publishing weekly to monthly. The two men went to work revamping its editorial style to meet the times, which resulted in improved readership. However,Lifehad passed its prime and was sliding toward financial ruin.The New Yorker, debuting in February 1925, copied many of the features and styles ofLife; it recruited staff from its editorial and art departments. Another blow toLife\'scirculation came from raunchy humor periodicals such asBallyhooandHooey, which ran what can be termed \"outhouse\" gags. In 1933,EsquirejoinedLife\'scompetitors. In its final years,Lifestruggled to make a profit.

Announcing the end ofLife, Maxwell stated: \"We cannot claim, like Mr.Gene Tunney, that we resigned our championship undefeated in our prime. But at least we hope to retire gracefully from a world still friendly.\"

ForLife\'sfinal issue in its original format, 80-year-old Edward Sandford Martin was recalled from editorial retirement to compose its obituary. He wrote:

ThatLifeshould be passing into the hands of new owners and directors is of the liveliest interest to the sole survivor of the little group that saw it born in January 1883 ... As for me, I wish it all good fortune; grace, mercy and peace and usefulness to a distracted world that does not know which way to turn nor what will happen to it next. A wonderful time for a new voice to make a noise that needs to be heard!

Lifewas an American magazine of humor, commentary, and entertainment founded by John Ames Mitchell in the 19th century. (He also edited it for the majority of its run, until his death.)

Lifebegan in 1883. No issue copyright renewals were found for this serial. The first copyright-renewed contribution is from June 14, 1929. In 1936, the magazine was bought by Henry Luce of Time, Inc., who launched a new magazine with the same name but completely different staff and subscription base. We are not aware of active copyrights in the issues linked below.

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