Above: Full view in beautiful old gallery frame

Above: Close-up of lovelorned Red head

Above: Text and title on verso

Above: The artists humorous touch

Above: The artists signature

A rare surviving original cover illustration painting done for a series titled Seven Ages Of Woman for Randolph Hearst’s American Weekly Magazine.

This cleverly depicts the lovelorned writing of the preverbial “Dear John” letter only in this case it is “Dear Henry”. Mr Clive had numerous wives and presumably got sent a few of these himself.

This image is titled The Break-Age. Marked on verso and signed lower right.

Above: Verso written date