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The Pseudonym And Autonym Libraries

Poster
1894 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'The Pseudonym And Autonym Libraries'; poster advertising series of books published by T. Fisher Unwin; on the left of the sheet, showing a woman in a long dress standing outside a bookshop. On the right of the sheet, text detailing prices and book titles etc.; colour lithograph.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Pseudonym And Autonym Libraries (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'The Pseudonym And Autonym Libraries'; poster advertising series of books published by T. Fisher Unwin; showing a woman in a long dress standing outside a bookshop; colour lithograph; design by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley; printed by W. H. Smith & Son; London; 1894.
Physical description
'The Pseudonym And Autonym Libraries'; poster advertising series of books published by T. Fisher Unwin; on the left of the sheet, showing a woman in a long dress standing outside a bookshop. On the right of the sheet, text detailing prices and book titles etc.; colour lithograph.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.9cm
  • Width: 51.6cm
Dimensions taken from: 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
Credit line
Given by Mrs G. R. Halkett
Object history
Provenance: George Roland Halkett (b. Edinburgh, 1865, d. London, 1918), political cartoonist and editor of the Pall Mall Gazette and Punch magazine. Given to the V&A by his wife, Mrs G.R. Halkett, nee Lucy Marion Lees.
Subjects depicted
Associated object
E.440-1972 (Reproduction)
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
Other number
3/E11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.1376-1931

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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