Studies in expression, when women are jurors
1900-1905
Charles Dana Gibson, famous for creating the idealized 'Gibson Girl,' uses his signature pen-and-ink style to satirize the debate over women serving on juries in this 1902 illustration. The scene depicts a jury box where the women display a hilarious spectrum of distractions—shock, vanity, sorrow, and boredom—while the men look utterly resigned. It captures the early 20th-century anxiety that women were too emotional for the serious business of law, turning a civic duty into a theater of expressions.
- Technique
- Pen and ink
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