Camille Clifford: The 'Gibson Girl' Promise Fulfilled by Skylar Smith, Fellow, Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies Rotary Photo, “Miss Camille Clifford,” London, UK.   Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) was one of the most prominent American illustrators at the turn of the century.[1] Much of his success was due to his creation of the “Gibson Girl.” As English Literature and Women’s Studies scholar Martha Patterson notes, his works focuses on women who are: Tall, distant, elegant, and white, with a pert nose, voluminous upswept hair, corseted waist, and large bust. Charles Dana Gibson’s pen-and-ink drawing of the American girl, the