James Montgomery Flagg
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James Montgomery Flagg was an American artist, comics artist, and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters, partic
Flagg in 1915, photographed by Arnold Genthe
Flagg as Captain Kidd at the Illustrators' Ball, a masquerade ball in New York in 1917.
The grave of James Montgomery Flagg in Woodlawn Cemetery
Illustration in St. Nicholas Illustrated magazine, January 1898.
William Kidd
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William Kidd, also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer. Conflicting accounts exist regarding his early life, but he was likely born in Dundee and later settl
James Montgomery Flagg
…lived at the time. That year, the theme was "Kaleidoscopic Ball," with no specific requirements for costumes. Flagg dressed as the Scottish sailor Captain William Kidd. At his peak, Flagg was reported to have been the highest-paid magazine illustrator in America. He worked for The Saturday Evening Post and Collier's…
Portrait by James Thornhill
Captain Kidd in New York Harbor, in a c. 1920 painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
The Charles Galley, a contemporary vessel of a comparable design to Adventure Galley
Howard Pyle's painting of Kidd in New York Harbor