Palais de L'Industrie, 1894. Exposition Int'le du livre et des Industries du Papier
Poster
1894 (printed)
1894 (printed)
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This poster belongs to a large collection assembled during the nineteenth century by Joseph Thatcher Clarke, whose wife, Agnes, gave the collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1921. Clarke was one of the first poster collectors and organised several exhibitions of these works at The Royal Aquarium in London. In the introduction to one of the exhibition's catalogues, Clarke showed great foresight when he proposed that the medium would hold enduring appeal and significance:
"The finest posters are, indeed, not only exemplars of artistic originality, beauty, and excellence in technique, but actual records of the daily life and interests of the age. From these documents the future historian may derive the fullest information concerning our food (physical and intellectual), our clothing, our diseases, and our remedies therefor - in short, concerning our vocations, our amusements, and our morals. What would not the archaeologist be willing to give for a set of such documents, relating, let us say, to Pericleian Athens or to Augustan Rome?"
"The finest posters are, indeed, not only exemplars of artistic originality, beauty, and excellence in technique, but actual records of the daily life and interests of the age. From these documents the future historian may derive the fullest information concerning our food (physical and intellectual), our clothing, our diseases, and our remedies therefor - in short, concerning our vocations, our amusements, and our morals. What would not the archaeologist be willing to give for a set of such documents, relating, let us say, to Pericleian Athens or to Augustan Rome?"
Object details
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Title | Palais de L'Industrie, 1894. Exposition Int'le du livre et des Industries du Papier (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | colour lithograph on paper |
Brief description | Poster for 'Palais de L'Industrie, 1894. Exposition Int'le du livre et des Industries du Papier' by OGÉ. |
Physical description | Against the scene of a rising/setting sun, a female figure in classical dress (possibly a muse: Calliope or Clio) with laurel wreath sits on an architectural capital, leaning against a tree. In one hand the woman/muse holds a scroll and a stylus. the floowing objects lie at her feet: a statue of a lion; a lyre; an artist's palette; paintbrushes; a scroll with a broken seal; a book and a little boy holding a plaque/cartouche with the profile of Gutenberg and an inscription, 'Gutenberg'. Sheaves of wheat and a gothic helmet lie behind the tree. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs J.T. Clarke |
Production | Poster by OGÉ |
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Summary | This poster belongs to a large collection assembled during the nineteenth century by Joseph Thatcher Clarke, whose wife, Agnes, gave the collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1921. Clarke was one of the first poster collectors and organised several exhibitions of these works at The Royal Aquarium in London. In the introduction to one of the exhibition's catalogues, Clarke showed great foresight when he proposed that the medium would hold enduring appeal and significance: "The finest posters are, indeed, not only exemplars of artistic originality, beauty, and excellence in technique, but actual records of the daily life and interests of the age. From these documents the future historian may derive the fullest information concerning our food (physical and intellectual), our clothing, our diseases, and our remedies therefor - in short, concerning our vocations, our amusements, and our morals. What would not the archaeologist be willing to give for a set of such documents, relating, let us say, to Pericleian Athens or to Augustan Rome?" |
Bibliographic reference | Coutts, Howard and Claire Jones Toulouse Lautrec and the art of the French Poster. Bowes Museum, 2004. 53 p., ill. ISBN 0954818202. |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.266-1921 |
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Record created | July 18, 2007 |
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