Original 1926 Front Cover From The Saturday Evening Post
This original cover from the Saturday Evening Post is dated January 2, 1926. It is titled, ‘No New Taxes’. The cover was illustrated by renowned artist of the time, J. C. Leyendecker. It depicts a chubby little cherub weilding a large axe in order to chop away at income taxes. The topic for this cover page most likely made reference to the Revenue Act of 1926, which reduced inheritance and personal in come taxes from 40% to 25% and eliminated gift tax.
J.C. Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was regarded as one of the most prominent and financially successful freelance commercial artists in the U.S. He worked mainly in oils producing rich, fluid brush strokes and luminous painting surfaces. During his time with the Saturday Evening Post, he produced 322 front covers and many illustrated advertisements for inside the magazine. It is clamed that he “virtually invented the whole idea of modern magazine design”.
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine. It was originally published weekly from 1897 until 1963. It is now published six times per year. From the 1920’s up until the 1960’s, the Saturday Evening Post was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines among the American middle class. It contained fiction, non-fiction, cartoons and features. It reached about 2 million homes every week.
The reverse side of the page shows an advertisement for Del Monte canned food with the caption, ‘Summer freshness for winter meals’. The page measures approximately 35 cms by 25 cms.
This original cover from the Saturday Evening Post is dated January 2, 1926. It is titled, ‘No New Taxes’. The cover was illustrated by renowned artist of the time, J. C. Leyendecker. It depicts a chubby little cherub weilding a large axe in order to chop away at income taxes. The topic for this cover page most likely made reference to the Revenue Act of 1926, which reduced inheritance and personal in come taxes from 40% to 25% and eliminated gift tax.
J.C. Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was regarded as one of the most prominent and financially successful freelance commercial artists in the U.S. He worked mainly in oils producing rich, fluid brush strokes and luminous painting surfaces. During his time with the Saturday Evening Post, he produced 322 front covers and many illustrated advertisements for inside the magazine. It is clamed that he “virtually invented the whole idea of modern magazine design”.
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine. It was originally published weekly from 1897 until 1963. It is now published six times per year. From the 1920’s up until the 1960’s, the Saturday Evening Post was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines among the American middle class. It contained fiction, non-fiction, cartoons and features. It reached about 2 million homes every week.
The reverse side of the page shows an advertisement for Del Monte canned food with the caption, ‘Summer freshness for winter meals’. The page measures approximately 35 cms by 25 cms.
This original cover from the Saturday Evening Post is dated January 2, 1926. It is titled, ‘No New Taxes’. The cover was illustrated by renowned artist of the time, J. C. Leyendecker. It depicts a chubby little cherub weilding a large axe in order to chop away at income taxes. The topic for this cover page most likely made reference to the Revenue Act of 1926, which reduced inheritance and personal in come taxes from 40% to 25% and eliminated gift tax.
J.C. Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was regarded as one of the most prominent and financially successful freelance commercial artists in the U.S. He worked mainly in oils producing rich, fluid brush strokes and luminous painting surfaces. During his time with the Saturday Evening Post, he produced 322 front covers and many illustrated advertisements for inside the magazine. It is clamed that he “virtually invented the whole idea of modern magazine design”.
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine. It was originally published weekly from 1897 until 1963. It is now published six times per year. From the 1920’s up until the 1960’s, the Saturday Evening Post was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines among the American middle class. It contained fiction, non-fiction, cartoons and features. It reached about 2 million homes every week.
The reverse side of the page shows an advertisement for Del Monte canned food with the caption, ‘Summer freshness for winter meals’. The page measures approximately 35 cms by 25 cms.
At some stage in its long life the outer edge of this page has been trimmed, but this is barely noticable.
