From the 1890s through the 1910s Irene Gibson (his wife), Nancy Astor, Baroness Phyllis Brand and Nora Phipps were the four Langhorne sisters who inspired many of Charles Dana Gibson’s drawings, encapsulating the American ideal of beauty at the time: the Gibson Girl.
Charles Dana Gibson’s New Cartoons, 1916
Charles Dana Gibson’s New Cartoons, 1916
Tragic Moments: The first stormy night in the cottage you have rented for the summer.
Social ladder, drawings by Charles Dana Gibson, 1902
Social ladder, drawings by Charles Dana Gibson, 1902
Social ladder, drawings by Charles Dana Gibson, 1902
Patience by Charles Dana Gibson, Collier’s, March 1910
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, September 13, 1909
Mannish swagger will be proper and will be helped by cute little boots.
The Pittsburgh Press, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1909
Mother and baby, Pittsburgh, 1906
Adeline Spencer in her backyard, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, September 1899
Adeline Spencer in her backyard, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, September 1899
Grandview, Vancouver, ca. 1900
Mrs. Lt. Symington, Junction City, Kansas, 1905
Brooklyn Life, New York, January 23, 1909