Clare Victor Dwiggins, 1908
I was amused by this rather “freaky” bit of Edwardiana, especially since I always got the feeling that Charles Dana Gibson, when drawing the Gibson Girl, was at least partially fantasizing about being stepped on or something.
me: man I sure hope somebody has shown op Charles Dana Gibson's "The weaker sex" where the four Gibson girls are studying the tiny little man like a bug
tumblr user ingridverse: way ahead of you
That’s mainly the piece I was thinking about when I made my original post (and one of my favorites of Gibson’s)! Another user @phenoob mentioned in their tags Gibson has a piece literally titled “Stepped On,” which I am embarrassed to say I was not familiar with:
