Judge — April 28, 1917 — page 1: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge magazine cover from April 28, 1917 depicts a man photographing or painting a cherub (cupid figure) while a woman poses the child. The caption "That's Good! Hold That!" suggests they're capturing an idealized image. The cartoon likely satirizes wartime propaganda or artistic representation during World War I (America had just entered the war weeks before this issue). The cherub traditionally symbolizes innocence and love, so the scene may mock the sanitization or romanticization of war through popular media and art—the instruction to "hold that" pose suggesting the artificial staging of uplifting imagery for public consumption during a brutal conflict. The artist is credited as David Robinson.