[Elderly couple, in formal attire, dozing while riding the subway] / P. Darlow [i.e., Barlow]. – Vintage Wall Art
![[Elderly couple, in formal attire, dozing while riding the subway] / P. Darlow [i.e., Barlow]., [1938] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cc/cc16e6a53ebd-L.webp)
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[Elderly couple, in formal attire, dozing while riding the subway] / P. Darlow [i.e., Barlow].
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Two elderly passengers in their finest clothes have dozed off side by side on a subway car, their heads tipped together as the train rattles on. Perry Barlow drew this watercolor, charcoal, and graphite scene for the cover of *The New Yorker* on December 3, 1938. The magazine's covers of that era often found gentle humor in everyday city life, and here the contrast between evening-dress formality and plain weariness on a long ride makes the joke. The subway, then a nickel fare across the city, was a familiar setting for such scenes, and the picture rewards a close look at the posture and dress of its two sleepers.
| Created / published | [1938] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor, charcoal, and graphite ; 43.2 x 29.4 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Magazine covers 1930-1940.Watercolors Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Gift; Perry Barlow; 1961. Cover illustration, published in The New Yorker, Dec. 3, 1938. Exhibited: The New Yorker, Wilhelm-Busch Museum, Hannover, Germany, 2000. |
| Subjects | Older people--Social life--1930-1940. Subways--1930-1940. Fatigue--1930-1940. Sleeping--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,662 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221230 |
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