In days of yore, copyright laws were still forming and publishers, printers, promoters and the like, often took advantage of illustrators by clipping off their signature from their original works, or even claiming the work for themselves.
Illustrators countered by simply incorporating a signature into their drawing somewhere. This identifying mark made the drawing more immune to theft, especially if the artist didn’t tell the publisher where the signature was!
Here are some examples of this clever device in some fine illustrations by the prolific artist Frances Brundage. The signature is out in the open in the lower right corner of the first two, but can you find the signature in the rest?
Here are the answers!
The letters in this one are in the lower right corner.
The letters in this one are in the lower left corner as part of the girl's veil.
The letters in this one are just to the left of the girl's heel.
The letters in this one are in the lower left corner, just at the child's right elbow. It's a tough one.
The letters in this one are in the lower left corner of the illustration.
The letters in this one are at the far right edge as part of the tree trunk.
The letters in this one are near the right edge just to the right of the reclining girl's head.
The letters in this one are by the girl's left arm.
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