Although still under 30, Rockwell was rapidly becoming the Post’s Premier artist.

Favorite Number 30

In this example a dog has stolen the pants of boy bather. Rockwell simply took the kind of situation he had been called on to illustrate many times and made a lively cover from it.

Middle aged man attempting to thread a needle preparing to darn one of his socks, is one of his most successful covers of that period. The man’s features are a wonderful study in concentration his tongue held firmly between teeth and lips and his noise pointing the way for the thread to go. If we study the painting closely, we will also notice that a button is missing from his vest, more work to be done.