Handmaidens

This powerful illustration accompanied The Times Book Review article, “What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in the Age of Trump,” published March 10, 2017. Margaret Atwood, author of more than 20 works of fiction, including “The Handmaid’s Tale,” wrote the article and artist Eleni Kalorkoti came up with an appropriately haunting image about messages being suppressed behind a wall. The image is part of our collection of editorial illustrations being offered for the first time ever to the public as unframed or framed fine-art prints. Illustrations have played an instrumental role in The Times’s journalistic legacy since December 11, 1861, when we published our first drawings – front page cartoons of James Gordon Bennett, rival publisher of The Herald. Today, The Times commissions thousands of original illustrations from freelance artists around the world. Artists, each with a distinct approach and personality, enhance stories with thought-provoking images that enrich the reading experience.