Gibson Girl
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The Gibson Girl was the archetypal personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness as portrayed by the pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period
An iconic Gibson Girl portrait by Charles Dana Gibson, circa 1891
"The Crush" (1901)
Evelyn Nesbit
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Florence Evelyn Nesbit was an American model, Broadway actress, writer, sculptor, and silent film star. Widely recognized as the world's first supermodel, she is best known for her varied career in Ne
Gibson Girl
…Irene Langhorne, who may have been the original model, and was a sister of Viscountess Nancy (Langhorne) Astor. Other models included Mabel Normand, Evelyn Nesbit, Minnie Clark, and Clara B. Fayette. The most famous Gibson Girl was probably the American-British stage actress, Camille Clifford, whose high coiffure…
Nesbit, c. 1901
Photograph by Rudolf Eickemeyer Jr., 1901
James Carroll Beckwith, Portrait of Evelyn Nesbit, c. 1901
Nesbit photographed by Otto Sarony, 1902