08/27/2026
The latest issue of The Illustrated Gallery newsletter is out now: “The Art of Drawing: Treasures in Black and White.”
In a gallery collection filled with vibrantly colored original magazine covers, it is easy for the drawings that filled the interior pages of magazines and books to be overlooked. Yet these works can be just as compelling, rewarding close attention to the line, technique, and skill of the artist.
For this special selection, we take a closer look at the strength of drawing within our collection, including recently identified publications for works by James Montgomery Flagg, Orson Byron Lowell, John Newton Howitt, and Frederic Gruger. The newsletter also features drawings by Joseph Clement Coll, Charles Dana Gibson, J.C. Leyendecker, Jessie Willcox Smith, Norman Rockwell, Rose O’Neill, Howard Chandler Christy, Arthur Rackham, Howard Pyle, and others.
Executed in pen and ink, pencil, and charcoal, these largely black-and-white works showcase a remarkable range of styles and approaches. Pictured in this post is Norman Rockwell’s “A Crock of Gold,” one of the many drawings highlighted in this latest selection.
Drawings reward close looking, and we hope you will take the time to explore these treasures from our collection.
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