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The Yellow Book

Poster
1894 (made)
Artist/Maker
Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent (designer)
Hentschel, Carl (engraver)
Place of origin
London (printed)

'Sold here. The Yellow Book'; Contents of Vol. 1, April 1894; Small poster or show-card advertising the periodical published by Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Bodley Head, London, and by Copeland and Day, Boston; On the left of the sheet, showing a woman wearing a long dress holding a summer hat in her hand. On the right of the sheet, text detailing the letterpress and pictorial content of the volume; Line-block and letterpress.


Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Yellow Book
Materials and techniques
Line-block and letterpress
Paper
Line Block Printing
Letterpress Printing
Brief description
'Sold here. The Yellow Book'; Contents of Vol. 1, April 1894; Small poster or show-card advertising the periodical; Line-block and letterpress; Design by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley; Great Britain; 1894.
Physical description
'Sold here. The Yellow Book'; Contents of Vol. 1, April 1894; Small poster or show-card advertising the periodical published by Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Bodley Head, London, and by Copeland and Day, Boston; On the left of the sheet, showing a woman wearing a long dress holding a summer hat in her hand. On the right of the sheet, text detailing the letterpress and pictorial content of the volume; Line-block and letterpress.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39cm
  • Sheet weight: 29.2cm
Credit line
Given by Michael Harari, in memory of his father, Ralph A. Harari.
Subject depicted
Woman
Associated object
E.1377-1931 (Duplicate)
Bibliographic reference
Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.439-1972

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O685535/the-yellow-book-poster-beardsley-aubrey-vincent/
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