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Sold Here … The Spinster's Scrip

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

'Sold Here … The Spinster’s Scrip As Compiled By Cecil Raynor'; Small poster or show-card advertising the William Heinemann publication; Showing two women standing by a framed block of text containing information about the publication, price etc.; Line-block and letterpress; Signed.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSold Here … The Spinster's Scrip (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Line-block and letterpress
Paper
Ink
Line Block Printing
Letterpress Printing
Brief description
Poster by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, 'Sold Here … The Spinster’s Scrip As Compiled By Cecil Raynor,' small poster or show-card advertising the William Heinemann publication, lineblock and letterpress, Great Britain, 1894
Physical description
'Sold Here … The Spinster’s Scrip As Compiled By Cecil Raynor'; Small poster or show-card advertising the William Heinemann publication; Showing two women standing by a framed block of text containing information about the publication, price etc.; Line-block and letterpress; Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.25in
  • Width: 9.3125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DAILY EXTRACTS / CONCERNING / MATRIMONY / In Pocket-Volume Form / Price 2/6 / THE / SPINSTER’S / SCRIP / AS COMPILED BY / CECIL RAYNOR. / London: William Heinemann.' (Letterpress text in frame, as part of poster design.)
  • 'SOLD / HERE.' (Text as part of poster design, above framed text.)
Credit line
Given by Dr W. A. Propert
Subjects depicted
Women
Hat
Associated objects
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 & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2143-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O744816/sold-here--the-spinsters-poster-beardsley-aubrey-vincent/
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