Boy on Stilts by Norman Rockwell

October 4, 1919 Issue of The Saturday Evening Post

Boy on Stilts, this Norman Rockwell painting, appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post published October 4, 1919...
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This painting was Rockwell's twenty-fourth overall picture featured on the cover of The Post and the tenth Rockwell cover in 1919. The Post featured a Rockwell illustration on its cover eleven times in 1919.

Boy on Stilts

In this painting, Norman Rockwell depicts one of his favorite themes. A recurring topic in Rockwell's paintings, especially his early work, is children in humorous situations.

The child this time is a boy. This boy is trying to walk on home-made stilts.

The stilts look homemade. Rockwell's penchant for funny scenes would seem to dictate that the boy made the stilts himself. No doubt his father could have made them sturdier, but it's funnier if his plight is his own doing.

The stilts are perfectly serviceable, but they look unwieldy.

The boy has even lost his straw hat.

To make matters worse for the boy, his dog is running around in circles. The dog is trailing the rope on his collar around the makeshift stilts.

The boy is soon to fall. Will he climb back on? The smart money says "yes"...
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