Geoffrey on Nostr: February 21, 1925 - “Eustace Tilley” by Rea Irving. Let’s begin with the first ...

February 21, 1925 - “Eustace Tilley” by Rea Irving.

Let’s begin with the first one ever. The dandy peering at a butterfly through a monocle, modeled on an 1834 caricature of the Count d’Orsay, he reappears on nearly every anniversary issue. The magazine’s founding mascot.