Book Lovers

March 21, 2005 @ 6:05 pm

Book Lovers

I got this from a book called "How To Do Practically Anything" by Jack Goodman and Alan Green (1945). The image is from the chapter on "Love, or, How to Woo and Win a Woman" which oddly enough comes after the chapter on how to become a parent.

In the original illustration by Anne Cleveland, only the man is holding a book, as if reading and wooing simultaneously. I thought it would make more sense for them both to be reading, so I gave the woman a book too.

Replies: 7 Comments

what is this from?!?!

eliz said on March 21, 2005 @ 8:46 pm

oops, i got all excited about the image and didn't read the post.

eliz said on March 21, 2005 @ 8:47 pm

From the look on her face, it's probably best that she has a book. Otherwise she would look vaguely alarmed and I would feel bad for her.

srah said on March 21, 2005 @ 10:38 pm

Or maybe she'd look like he'd stabbed her.

srah said on March 21, 2005 @ 10:39 pm

She does have a funny sort of look. I had to alter her eyes, she was originally looking off into space. Maybe I'll post the original artwork so that you can see the difference...

Nick Baker said on March 22, 2005 @ 12:30 pm

i have to ask... do you ever do any work? and when are we hanging out next? .m

mchill said on March 23, 2005 @ 11:31 pm

I work all the time. I'm working right now, in the middle of the night! I'll e-mail you about hanging out...

Nick Baker said on March 24, 2005 @ 4:29 am