Judge, 1911-04-22 · page 2 of 24
Judge — April 22, 1911 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or political cartoons**. It's a Leslie-Judge Company catalog page offering framed pictures and photogravures for purchase, marketed to summer cottage and bungalow owners. The images shown are sentimental or romantic scenes by illustrator James Montgomery Flagg—depicting couples in intimate moments ("Please Find Enclosed," "Your Favor to Hand," "Here's How!") and domestic situations ("The Hypnotist," "The Only Way to Eat an Orange"). These were decorative prints meant for home display. The page's headline "Have Your Pictures Ready" suggests these inexpensive artworks (ranging from fifty cents to two dollars) were summer home essentials. This reflects early 1900s middle-class domestic culture and the commercialization of home decoration through mass-produced prints.
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Have Your Pictures Ready When you open your summer cottage or bungalow this summer. Copyright, Judge Co. “PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED." By James Montgomery Flagg. Plate-marked photogelatine print in sepia, 12x16 Fifty cents. Copyright, Judge Co. THE HYPNOTIST: “NOW YOU BOTH BELIEVE YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT EACH OTHER!" By James Montgomery Flagg. Photogravure in sepia, 15x 18, One dollar. Hand-colored, Two Dollars. Pictures boughtand framed now will be ready to hang. This page contains only a few of the popular sketches Com- plete catalogue mailed upon by famous artists. receipt of ten cents. ges VAYOK TO MAND Copyright, Leslie-Judge Co “YOUR FAVOR TO HAND." By James Montgomery Flagg. Facsimile in color, 8'4x11. Mounted on heavy brown paper, 12x16. Fifty cents Copyright. Judge Co. “ AWAITING YOUR FAVORABLE REPLY, IAM, VERY TRULY YOURS, ‘A BUSINESS MAN." By James Montgomery Flagg. Plate-marked photogelatine print in sepia, 1436 x 20, One dollar. 11x14, Fifty cents, Copyright, Judge Co. “THE ONLY WAY TO EAT AN ORANGE.” By James Montgomery Flay 2x16, Fifty cents. Photogravure in sepia, and colored, One dollar HERE'S HOW. By James Montgomery Flagg. Facsimile in color, 8x 11. Mounted on heavy brown paper. 2x16. Fifty cents Photogravure in sepi Copyright, Leslie-Judge Co. “EVENING AND YOU." By C. Clyde Squires. brown paper, 14x20. One dollar 6x12, double mounted on heavy SAY witent f Copyright, Leslie-Judge Co. “SAY WHEN!" By James Montgomery Flagg. Facsimile in color, 8' x 11. Mounted on heavy brown paper 12x16, Fifty cents. LESLIE =-JUDGE COMPANY, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York Trade supplied by the W. K. Anderson Co., 32 Union Square, New York. comicbooks.com