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Home > Illustrations > Female Mystery Writers in Jury Box

Female Mystery Writers in Jury Box

By Julian Allen | Created: ca.1980s

Female Mystery Writers in Jury Box

In some ways what I do is different than the ‘Fine-Art’ approach to picture-making. Illustration is almost always commissioned, and is therefore very much about problem-solving.

Medium
  • Gouache and pencil
Support
  • Paper
Illustration Size
  • 19.125 x 23 in. (48.6 x 58.4 cm.)
Collection
  • Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, Gift of Victoria Allen in Memory of Julian Allen, NRM.2019.18.0381

©Julian Allen

This illustration feature noted female mystery writers across generations, including (left to right) Margaret Miller, Mary Roberts, Patricia Highsmith, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and P. D. James. By placing these authors in a jury box, the artist invites us to deliver a verdict of our own. 

Genres
  • Magazine
  • Story Illustration
Global Perspectives
  • North America
Related Time Periods
  • The Decade 1980-1990 The Decade 1980-1990

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