Gibson Girl
The Gibson Girl began appearing in the 1890s and was the personification of the feminine ideal of beauty portrayed by the satirical pen-and-ink illustrations of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late 19th and early 20th century in the United States and Canada. The artist saw his creation as representing the composite of "thousands of American girls."
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Books/Sources
- The Gibson Girl and Her America: The Best Drawings - Edmund Vincent Gillon
- Gibson's Girl - Anne McAllister
Youtube
- Bill & Shirley Mayhugh, "Mayhugh & the Gibson Girl"
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