Rockwell comments on society : he shows a woman holding firm while being pressured by the 11 male

members of the jury.

In 1959, three states didn’t permit women to be jurors and other states limited women’s participation in
juries. The painting also connects to the classic film Twelve Angry Men, which came out two years earlier.

The Holdout (The Jury). 1959.

The Jury, a Norman Rockwell painting , appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post published
February 14, 1959. This is another timeless favorite of Rockwell collectors, a classic for all the ages.

This painting was Rockwell's 304th overall out of 322 total

paintings that were published on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell's career with the Post,
spanning 47 years, began with his first cover illustration, Boy With Baby Carriage in 1916 and continued
through his last, Portrait of John F. Kennedy, in 1963.

This was also the first cover for The Post in 1959. In 1959, there were four Norman Rockwell Saturday
Evening Post covers published.

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Norman Rockwell decided to tackle the judicial process in this painting.

Ah, the smoke and tension filled jury room. Ah, the lone holdout juror. The lone holdout preventing a
unanimous verdict is also the only woman.

Apparently all of the male jurors have voted the same verdict.

Drawing on all their powers of persuasion, they are trying to convince the lady to change her vote.

She is having nothing of it. Her body language shows that she has made up her mind and is not changing her
vote.

I do not blame her. A jury can vote not just on the facts of the case, but also the law itself.

It is her duty to vote her conscience, just as it is the duty of all jury members.

The Jury was only one of 322 Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post covers; Here is the list of Norman
Rockwell Saturday Evening Post cover illustrations.
Here is the complete list of all Norman Rockwell magazine covers.

This is another self-portrait since we can see Rockwell painted himself as one of the jurors.

We also see Louie Lamone, Rockwell's friend, confidant and assistant, in the red shirt and jacket.

The female juror was modeled by Barbara Brooks. Her husband, Bob Brooks, was the model for the
mustached man standing next to the sleeping juror.

Do you know names of any of the other jurors?

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Rockwell might have gotten the idea for his February 14, 1959, cover from a
movie released two years earlier.
In 12 Angry Men, Henry Fonda played a dissenting juror who eventually
persuaded the other 11 men on a jury to vote with him. As in the movie, this
deliberation has taken hours, indicated by the crumpled ballots on the floor and
the cloud of smoke overhead.
What made this cover more than just a reprise of the movie is that Rockwell’s
holdout is a strong-minded woman, holding fast to her principles, at a time when
women jurors were still a rarity in some states, and not permitted in some others.
 “Jury” or “Holdout”
COMMENTS
1. Bob McGowan jr. says:

June 10, 2019 at 2:47 pm

This cover very likely WAS inspired by the Henry Fonda film, but with Rockwell’s twist of the one
female juror. Thanks for larger, upper portion ‘close up’ at the top. The details are Rockwell perfect,
and the full view cover below shows how much time has passed just from looking at the floor;
crumpled ballots, awful cigarette butts and all.

It looks like there are 5 men smoking here which is (now) extremely outrageous, even taking the era
into consideration. We don’t know how long from this point that a decision is finally reached, but
hopefully was REALLY soon! I love how Rockwell so perfectly blends himself into this cover as one of
the jurors.