Saturday Evening Post Magazine Cover, March 19, 1910 Depicting a Teacher and Student
date: label: date made
content: 1910-03-19
name: label: maker
content: Saturday Evening Post
label: maker
content: Curtis Publishing Company
notes: label: Description
content: This color illustration graced the front cover of The Saturday Evening Post on March 19, 1910. It depicts a stern teacher, switch in hand, looking over the shoulder of a mischievous boy who has drawn a caricature of him on a slate.
label: Description
content: The boy bears a strong resemblance to “Alfred E. Neuman,” the fictitious mascot and cover boy of the American humor magazine Mad since 1954. The character's distinct face, with his parted red hair, gap-tooth smile, and freckles, first emerged in U.S. iconography decades prior to his association with the magazine, appearing in late 19th and early 20th Century advertisements.
label: Description
content: American artist James Ellsworth “Worth” Brehm (1883-1928) attended the Herron Institute of Art in Indianapolis. He was a prominent illustrator for many magazines. He was also commissioned by Harper’s to illustrate The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Worth usually worked in charcoal. He regularly used the neighboring children for his characters, sometimes dressing them in period clothing.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3049.89
label: nonaccession number
content: 2017.3049
label: catalog number
content: 2017.3049.89
objectType: label: Object Name
content: magazine cover
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.925 cm x 26.67 cm