Enthusiastic New Yorker – ‘Why, sir, all our women are beautiful here in America. I defy you to find a really ugly face on the avenue’ 1917

"Enthusiastic New Yorker – ‘Why, sir, all our women are beautiful here in America. I defy you to find a really ugly face on the avenue’" is a satirical cartoon by Ralph Barton from 1917. The cartoon depicts three fashionably dressed women, two of whom are obscured by large fur coats, while the other is wearing a leopard-print coat. Two men are looking out of a window at them, one of whom is smoking a pipe. The scene satirizes the New York fashion scene and the perceived beauty standards of the time. The cartoon is a good example of Barton's use of humor and exaggeration to comment on social issues. It is a humorous and insightful commentary on the culture of New York in the 1910s. The artwork exemplifies the popular style of "New Yorker" cartoons and was likely published in a magazine.