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The Vampires (1910), Harpers Weekly, page 18 by Dart

Owner: Peter Roe
Artist: Harry Grant Dart (All)

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Harpers Weekly cover, December 31, 1910

Cover illustration by Harry Grant Dart for magazine The All-Story, October 1908

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Title:	The Vampires (1910), Harpers Weekly, page 18 by Dart
Artist:	Harry Grant Dart (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Watercolor
Art Type:	Interior Page
Views:	108
Likes on CAF:	20 21
Added to Site:	12/2/2025

Description

Harpers Weekly of December 31, 1910. Amazing that it's over 100 years old and in great condition. It's the oldest piece in my collection.

Gouache on board, 23-1/4x16 inches. With frame 35x28 inches.

It came in the frame, which I think is perfect. It's hung on a wall where I can look at it throughout the day.

Its depiction of then-futuristic planes attacking warships is in the World War I gallery as a precursor to the war's air battles.

Harry Grant Dart (1869-1938) was a freelance illustrator for magazines such as Harper's Weekly, Life, and Judge. The future of flight intrigued him, inspiring him to draw complex illustrations of intricate flying machines and future cities. At the same time, he was art editor for The World newspaper. He created the newspaper strip "The Explorigator," competing with Winsor McCay's "Little Nemo" in the New York Herald. The Explorigator was a fantastic airship that traveled the universe captained by Admiral Fudge with a group of friends of his age of nine or ten. (Lambiek, "The Illustrator in America: 1860-2000" by Walt Reed)

Historical note: The history of aerial bombing can be traced to early history where various cultures developed myths of flying gods and deities, some of whom such as Zeus threw thunderbolts from on high at earthbound humans. Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" (1726) describes the King of the flying island of Laputa bombarding enemies and rebellious subjects with heavy rocks thrown from the air. "The Wicked Prince" by Hans Christian Andersen (1840) has perhaps the first detailed fictional depiction of what is now called an Air Force. (Wikipedia)

H. G. Wells grasped the full implications of aerial combat and air power and how it would revolutionize warfare in his 1907 book "The War in the Air." It predicted devastating strategic bombing of cities or how bombing from the air would make surface dreadnoughts obsolete in naval warfare, which only came about in World War II rather than the first which broke out in 1914. (Wikipedia)

First use of airplanes in combat was not in World War I but during the Italo-Turkish War in 1911, the year after the Harper's Weekly illustration, with Italy using them for bombing. (Matt Kennedy email, Wikipedia)

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	Peter Roe ( 2 ) Premium Gallery Owner
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Last Login:	January 2026
Country:	UNITED STATES
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