Willie's product for Harrison magazines as they appeared on pages in 1948, 19. Because of the exceptional quality of the original art and a method of presentation that anticipates the visual appetite of the viewer, this item surely will stand among the very best ebooks we will ever be able to offer. These are among the best pinup illustrations of the 20th century and the optimized ebook is the best way to see them. A bit of contrast has been added to the drawings. The original scans have been adjusted to reduce gray shading in the backgrounds.

The layout intends to reduce the need for zooming and scrolling. In addition, details of the characters, such as corsets, legs and footwear, are enlarged on separate, wide ebook pages. The 220+ page optimized ebook disassembles the 20 pages of the set and places each of the images of the series on a separate ebook page. The original pages hold four or five images. Willie fully understands the pleasure of seeing such a lovely young woman, dressed in her fetish uniform, performing household tasks.Įach chapter filled a full-sized, two-page magazine spread. She spends her time dressing her “Ma'm'selle” in corset and boots, walking her dog, ice skating, operating a vacuum cleaner and dressing herself. The pretty face of the nameless maid changes in a few installments, but her figure stands, sits and walks effortlessly in high heels in all of them. Some of the poses might suggest Degas' ballerinas. The female forms delineated in these pictures show a perfection of line and shade that amuses and beguiles with humor and energy. Made with dark, soft pencil, the drawings display an artistic texture that has recorded the abrasion of the lead as it adhered to the rough paper. Two unfinished segments were unpublished until 1999. Precise, pretty, entertaining, and enduring, the illustrations of John Willie have delighted viewers for generations.Įight installments of Diary of a French Maid appeared in several Robert Harrison magazines from 1948 to 1950. Willie created a fetish pinup ideal that no subsequent work has surpassed. They usually wear shoes or boots with six-inch heels, a tight-fitting corset and long, snug stockings. His slender female characters share a single superb figure that is strong, firm and marvelously tapered. Willie is the unrivaled master of the delineation of the female form in his drawings and paintings.

Re-printed in 1999 in The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline, Second Edition, Eight finished installments, two unfinished installments,įirst published in Robert Harrison's magazines, 1948 to 1950,

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