Norman Rockwell used his wife, Irene, as the model for his painting Mother Tucking Children Into Bed. Originally painted as a cover for Literary Digest in 1921, the painting features a mother tucking her two rosy-cheeked cherubs into bed. Norman Rockwell painted a total of 48 covers for the Literary Digest.
"History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies." (Alexis de Tocqueville)
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Saturday, 8 October 2016
Mother Tucking Children Into Bed
Norman Rockwell used his wife, Irene, as the model for his painting Mother Tucking Children Into Bed. Originally painted as a cover for Literary Digest in 1921, the painting features a mother tucking her two rosy-cheeked cherubs into bed. Norman Rockwell painted a total of 48 covers for the Literary Digest.
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