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About The Illustrated Gallery

The Illustrated Gallery sells original illustrated artwork from 1890-1970. Our collection of over 2,500 illustrations comes from more than 600 revered artists including John Ford Clymer, Joseph Christian Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell, Jessie Willcox Smith, Maxfield Parrish, Stevan Dohanos, and many more. We specialize in original covers for magazines like The Saturday Evening Post, Liberty, Judge, Vogue, Motor, Capper's Farmer, and other leading 20th-century publications. We also carry original illustrations for magazine stories, books, advertisements, and posters.

The Illustrated Gallery

Established in 19951stDibs seller since 2016

Featured Pieces

The Christmas Ship in Old New York
By Newell Convers Wyeth
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 53.00" x 136.00", Framed 66.00" x 149.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Interwoven Stocking Company Advertisement Reproduced on gift boxes, Advertisement appeared in Saturday Evening Post, December 8, 1928, pg.2 The long lost NC Wyeth painting...
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1920s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Betsy Ross
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Dean Cornwell's large scale oil painting, commissioned by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, presents a domestic scene of Betsy Ross crafting the first American flag surrounded by...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Candidate (Patriotic Politician), Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left Medium: Oil on Canvas Artwork Dimensions: 28" x 22" Framed 36" x 30" Saturday Evening Post Cover, September 18, 1920 - Leyendecker addressed the theme of American patriotism in several ways. His famous Fourth of July covers asserted the import of American independence through stock characters: George Washington, Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty, colonial Freedom Fighters, and modern-day soldiers. In addition, his World War I and World War II covers depicted soldiers proudly defending their country. Leyendecker also profiled U.S. presidents and historical figures - George Washington, Robert E. Lee, William Howard Taft...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wallpaper Blouse, Saturday Evevning Post Cover, October 1941
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Saturday Evening Post magazine cover, October 25, 1941
Category

1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

The Rawhide Part III
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Artwork Dimensions: 16.00" x 12.125" Frame Dimensions: 22.5" x 18.75" Medium: Oil on Paper Mounted to Board Signature: Signed Lower Right, Signed Again and Dated August of 1904 on Reverse The Rawhide Part III, 'He swung himself into the saddle and rode away.' Signed with initials M·P...
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Early 1900s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

Head Tide, Good Housekeeping, Story Illustration
By Mead Schaeffer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Artwork Dimensions: 38" x 28.00" Frame Dimensions: 52.5" x 42.5 (5" deep frame)" Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right A close friend of Norman Rockwell, Mead Schaeffer focused his early career on illustrations for classic, historical, and adventure novels, including Moby Dick, The Count of Monte Christo, and King Arthur and His Knights. The featured lot, a masterpiece of political intrigue, was published as a story illustration for Joseph C...
Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dawn, Dawn, Dawn, Ticonderoga pencil advertisement
By Harvey Dunn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Twice and Dated Lower Left: Harvey / Dunn 1932 Harvey Dunn's Dawn, Dawn, Dawn is a truly exceptional illustration that captures a key moment of American History. In the present work, Dunn skillfully depicts colonial soldiers...
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

New Hat for Uncle Sam, Patriotic original cover for The Saturday Evening Post
By E.M. Jackson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, published May 12, 1923. A patriotic illustration of Uncle Sam trying on hats in front of a mirror. Housed in a custom frame with stars ...
Category

1920s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"The Coward" Original cover for Life magazine, Woman Kissing World War I Soldier
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"The Coward" (Woman Kissing Soldier). Original cover illustration for Life Magazine, published April 1919. Norman Rockwell’s The Coward (or, Woman Kissing Soldier) was published on...
Category

1910s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Game of Checkers, Collier's Magazine Cover
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Mixed media on board Dimensions: 19.00" x 15.50" Framed 29" x 25.5" Signed: Lower Left Collier's magazine cover, January 1906 and appears as a color plate in Thirty Favorite...
Category

Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

The Ring Bearer, Original Cover Illustration for The American Weekly Magazine
By Arthur Sarnoff
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover illustration for The American Weekly magazine, published June 2, 1957. The image features a little boy with freckles carrying a ring pillow down the aisle at a weddin...
Category

1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Pencil, Paperboard

"Washington Crossing the Backyard" Cover illustration for Liberty Magazine
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published February 27, 1932 In a clever riff on Emanuel Leutze’s iconic 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, the neighborhood childre...
Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil