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Phil May's Summer Annual

Poster
ca.1898 (made)
Artist/Maker
May, Philip William (R.I.) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

'Phil May's Summer Annual'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the publication illustrated by Philip William May. The design features the head and shoulders of a jester wearing a red suit and hood/hat that is buttoned up to his chin. He is holding a marotte (sceptre) with the head of a jester wearing a traditional red and yellow hat on the end of it.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Periodicals
Illustration
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitlePhil May's Summer Annual
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Phil May's Summer Annual'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the publication illustrated by Philip William May. The design features the face of a jester wearing a red suit and holding a marotte (sceptre). Designed by the artist, Great Britain, ca.1898.
Physical description
'Phil May's Summer Annual'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the publication illustrated by Philip William May. The design features the head and shoulders of a jester wearing a red suit and hood/hat that is buttoned up to his chin. He is holding a marotte (sceptre) with the head of a jester wearing a traditional red and yellow hat on the end of it.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.5cm
  • Width: 50.4cm
Measurements 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
Marks and inscriptions
'PHIL MAY'S / SUMMER / ANNUAL / ONE / SHILLING / W. THACKER & CO. / 2.CREED LANE LONDON' (Text of design)
Credit line
Given by Noel D. Sheffield
Subjects depicted
Jester
Marottes
Sceptre
Bells
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1939, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950
Other number
26/F10 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.518-1939

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O729931/phil-mays-summer-annual-poster-may-philip-william/
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