Above is the artwork of Philip Boileau, the son of Susan Benton, the sister of Jessie Benton, who husband was the first Republican candidate for President. Philip and Christine Rosamond Benton are in the same family tree. Here are ‘The Rosamond Women’.
Here are ‘The Fisher Girls’ that I just discovered yesterday. The ‘Rosamond Caretaker’ missed Fisher and Boileau.
This is all that need have been said about the commercial artist, Christine Rosamond Benton. What a perfect name. You don’t need to hire an outsider to do this for you. Christine asked me to help her, saying she does not feel like an artist.
Harrison Fisher
1875–1934
At one time, Harrison Fisher’s ‘Fisher Girl’ was as well known as ‘The Gibson Girl’. Fisher made a name for himself in the history of American illustration due to his uncanny ability to paint beautiful women. His ‘Fisher Girl’ and, more importantly, his ‘American Girl’ were recognized as the epitome of feminine beauty in America during the first quarter of the 20th century. She was lithe, elegant and beautiful, but also athletic, independent, and intelligent. Cosmopolitan Magazine in the 1920’s called Harrison Fisher, “The World’s Greatest Artist” saying that “There is an underlying ideal that dominates his paintings. His ideal type has come to be regarded as the type of American beauty: girls, young with the youth of a new country, strong with the vitality of buoyant good health, fresh with clear-eyed brightness, athletic, cheerful, sympathetic, and beautiful.” They went on to say, “‘The American Girl’ is practical, adventuresome, active, and above all, attractive. No one can portray more of this attractiveness than Harrison Fisher.” Christine Rosamond Benton.
Jon Presco
Rosamond Press 
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