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Harrison Fisher (July 27, 1875 – January 19, 1934) was an American illustrator.
Fisher was born in Brooklyn and began drawing at an early age. Both his father and grandfather were artists. Fisher spent much of his childhood in San Francisco, studying at the San Francisco Art Association. In California he studied with Amédée Joullin.

In 1898, he moved back to New York and began his career as an illustrator of newspapers and magazines, working for the San Francisco Call and the San Francisco Examiner, where he drew sketches and decorative work. He became best known for his drawings of women, which earned him praise as the successor to Charles Dana Gibson. Together with fellow artists Howard Chandler Christy and Neysa McMein, he formed the jury of the Motion Picture Classic magazine, “Fame and Fortune” competition of 1921/1922, which discovered the It-girl Clara Bow.

Fisher’s work appeared regularly on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine from the early 1900s until his death.
Fisher also painted for books. His work included the cover for George Barr McCutcheon’s Beverly of Graustark, and illustrations for Harold Frederic’s The Market Place and Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men on Wheels.

Fisher in 1917

Charles Scribner’s Sons was founded in 1846 as a publishing house owned by Isaac D. Baker and Charles Scribner. The company sought out the work of new American authors in order to publish them.