Ettore Tito, 'Aide toi. Le ciel t'aidera' ('Heaven helps those who help themselves')

Ettore Tito
'Aide toi. Le ciel t'aidera' ('Heaven helps those who help themselves')
About 1925-30
Print
Museum no. E.901-1975
Given by Mr and Mrs Urry

Tito's illustration shows a modern emancipated girl of the period: she wears short skirts, drives her own open-topped car, and is even capable of fixing it herself when it breaks down. She is presented as independent and rather 'racy'; the image is clearly meant to be amusing but also suggestive.

This print can be found in Print Room Box 5.