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Publisher. Children's Books.

Poster
1894 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Publisher. Children’s Books'; Poster advertising children’s books published by T. Fisher Unwin; On the left of the sheet, showing a woman, with a feather in her hair, seated in an armchair reading a book. On the right of the sheet, text detailing book titles, prices etc.; Colour lithograph; Signed.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitlePublisher. Children's Books. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Paper
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Publisher. Children’s Books'; Poster advertising children’s books published by T. Fisher Unwin; Showing a woman, with a feather in her hair, reading a book; Colour lithograph; Signed; Design by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley; Great Britain; 1894.
Physical description
'Publisher. Children’s Books'; Poster advertising children’s books published by T. Fisher Unwin; On the left of the sheet, showing a woman, with a feather in her hair, seated in an armchair reading a book. On the right of the sheet, text detailing book titles, prices etc.; Colour lithograph; Signed.
Dimensions
  • Width: 76.2cm
  • Length: 51.1cm
Dimensions taken from: 'Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966' published by HMSO 1967
Marks and inscriptions
'AUBREY BEARDSLEY' (Signed with the artist's emblem and name in capitals.)
Subjects depicted
Woman
Feather
Chair
Book
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 pub. HMSO 1967
  • 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.956-1966

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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