First of the Month by Norman Rockwell

February 26, 1921 Issue of The Literary Digest

The alternate title for this illustration is Family Paying Bills.

This illustration was Rockwell's twenty-fourth picture featured on the cover of The Literary Digest.

Rockwell artwork was featured on the cover of The Digest twelve times just in 1921. A Rockwell cover was published once a month just on this one magazine alone!

First of the Month

Here Rockwell paints a subject to which we all can relate.

The monthly paying of bills. That monthly balancing act of expenditures and income that we all dread.

This family must be doing well. The husband, still dressed in his business suit, actually has a trace of a smile on his face. We do not know if this is because of the bill he is staring at or because his supportive wife is asking him if he would like a drink.

Either way, Rockwell painted a stack of three bills on the desk and the man also appears to be holding three bills. So he will need that drink after all!

Rockwell also painted great detail on the desk. We see an inkwell, a quill pen, a pencil with eraser and the checkbook all on top of the desktop blotter.

The man also holds his favorite writing pen in his hand. He is not using the quill pen. Possibly it is too old-fashioned for his taste.

We also see a picture frame on the desk. It probably holds a family photograph...
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