Nobody home!
1914
F. Earl Christy was famous for creating the 'Christy Girl,' a glamorous and slightly aloof archetype that dominated American magazine covers in the early 1900s. In this 1914 illustration titled 'Nobody home!', a dreamy-eyed young woman stares off into the distance, sporting a chic black hat topped with a pink rose and a dramatic white collar. Her rosy cheeks and distant gaze perfectly capture the fashionable, unattainable beauty that made Christy's work a massive commercial success, essentially making him the Norman Rockwell of romantic illustration before Rockwell even started.
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