Munsey's Magazine, February 1895

Munsey's Magazine devoted its February 1895 issue to "Artists and Their Work," featuring contemporary painting and illustration alongside critical essays. The lead article, "The Taste for 'Old Masters," examined the market for historical European paintings and the problem of forgeries flooding American collections. The accompanying photograph, "At the Watering Place," reproduced from a painting by G. Keck, depicts horses drinking at a stream—a naturalistic study typical of academic art training. Munsey's occupied a middlebrow position in the 1890s, blending cultural criticism with mass-market appeal to a growing readership of middle-class Americans.