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"My Lady Caprice", by Jeffery Farnol, 1907 Both Charlotte Weber-Ditzler and Hugh W. Dizler were
popular late
19th Century and early 20th Century illustrators. I find their
styles
and even their signatures to be similar. I have not yet
found a documented biography nor a photograph of Charlotte Weber
Ditzler, but she was a prolific illustrator in the early 1900's.
In 1904 she is credited as Charlotte Weber. In late 1905 and
1906, she is Charlotte Weber Diztler. I always wondered if she
was a pen name for Hugh. Read a brief 1906 INTERVIEW with Charlotte
Weber-Ditzler. Debbie Baker shared this excerpt: From Who’s Who in America 1899-1900
Page 483 DITZLER, Charlotte Weber-, illustrator; b. Phila 1877. Student Met. School of Art New York 1893-95; entered Fehr & Smith class, and admitted to Royal Acad. Of Munich, 1898. Returned to New York, 1900; since then engaged as illustrator for mags and books. Illustrator: The Castle of Twilight (Margaret Horton Potter); Robert Cavalier and The Flower of Destiny (William Dana Orcutt):- all M5 Address: Montclair N.J.
Here's a close-up of Charlotte Weber-Ditzler's signature from illustration above:  Earlier signatures were
similar in the use of Ch Weber,
with later signatures including the hyphen and Ditzler with an
underline extended from the "r".
Below is a close-up of the signature from the
Gibson Girl in Blue postcard in my collection. Note the way the
"r"
is continued to diagonally underline "Ditzler". Many of the
Gibson Girl postcards have been attributed to Hugh Ditler, but it
clearly they are signed by Charlotte Weber-Ditzler.
Charlotte always signed Ch. W. Ditzler or Ch. Weber-Ditzler, usually with the "r" extended in a backward
underline.  Below is the signature of Hugh Ditzler on
his illustration, "Mustering In Volunteers After the President's
Call" There is no doubt that this is by Hugh Ditzler. Note
that he combines the H with the D and almost always completes the
"z" with the backward underline.
 The linked interview with Charlotte refers to her husband as Hugh White Ditzler, painter. Debbie Baker, a relative, says that his middle name was Witter, after his grandmother. Below are two magazine covers by Charlotte Weber-Ditzler (I have the actual magazines, if I can find them!).  Links to Gibson Girl postcards believed to be by Charlotte Weber-Ditzler: Gibson Girl in Blue Lady with Violets Lady With Poppies Lady In Black Lady With Pink Feather Lady with Violin - Large Framed Print by Charlotte Weber-Ditzler I do not hold
copyright on any of the images shown on
this site.
I am including any source information I have. If you have an
illustration by Hugh or Charlotte and want to share it, please
photograph or scan it and send it to Pat Sabin genealogy@patsabin.com |
