Anne Morgan, the inspiration for "Girl Missing Tooth", not the model
by Mary-Jean Martin Hanson
Over the years, there has been much confusion about who was the actual model for Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post Cover "Girl Missing Tooth." Anne Morgan, now the President of the Norman Rockwell Museum board, who has implied that she was the model in the iconic cover, did pose for the cover, and I believe Mr. Rockwell used her in a "study" for the Saturday Evening Post cover (oil on board 11 1/4 by 10 1/4 reproduced as #485a in "Norman Rockwell" A Definitive Catalog Vol. #1 by Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director and CEO of the Norman Rockwell Museum.) Ms. Morgan was also the likely inspiration for the cover when she posed for an advertisement for Crest toothpaste and, at the time, was missing two front teeth, which Mr. Rockwell painted in for the ad. However, she was not the actual model for Saturday Evening Post cover itself. Mary-Jean Martin Hanson was the model who appeared along with Betsy Campbell (plaid skirt,) and Eleanor Stevens (plaid dress.)
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