Encountered on Pinterest today, this cover of Collier’s magazine from 1/19/1907: an early J.C. Leyendecker work of gay soft porn in the style of classical sculpture (an art form that lets the artist get away with a lot), which is also a hymn to rapid transport in the early 20th century:
“The Speed God” posed with a stylized caduceus against a hot air balloon, while the messenger of the Roman gods poses his muscular body on the hood of an early automobile
And then there are Mercury’s truly fabulous winged sandals, which appear to be living creatures in their own right.
(JCL appears every so often on this blog — most recently in my 9/2 posting “Leyendecker Labor Day”.)