Whitworth Cycles
Poster
ca. 1894 (printed)
ca. 1894 (printed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Jean de Paléologu (‘Pal’) was born in Romania, but began his artistic career in London as an illustrator for several magazines. One of them was Vanity Fair. In 1893 he moved to Paris, where he at first worked as an illustrator, but soon became a prolific poster designer. Whitworth Cycles was one of several designs he made for different brands of bicycle. Typically, the composition would include a depiction of an attractive young woman, or a group of women, beside an image of the bicycle itself. This poster neatly incorporates within the design an image of a poster advertising Whitworth Cycles.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Whitworth Cycles (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Poster for Whitworth Cycles by Jean de Paleologu; ca.1894; colour lithograph |
| Physical description | Colour lithograph poster on paper depicting a man with a bicycle, looking at a large yellow Whitworth Cycles poster fixed to a brick wall. Smiling over the wall are six women who gaze down at the bicycle and the man with admiration. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Pal (Signed) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs J.T. Clarke |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Jean de Paléologu (‘Pal’) was born in Romania, but began his artistic career in London as an illustrator for several magazines. One of them was Vanity Fair. In 1893 he moved to Paris, where he at first worked as an illustrator, but soon became a prolific poster designer. Whitworth Cycles was one of several designs he made for different brands of bicycle. Typically, the composition would include a depiction of an attractive young woman, or a group of women, beside an image of the bicycle itself. This poster neatly incorporates within the design an image of a poster advertising Whitworth Cycles. |
| Bibliographic reference | Coutts, Howard and Claire Jones Toulouse Lautrec and the art of the French Poster. Bowes Museum, 2004. 53 p., ill. ISBN 0954818202. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.270-1921 |
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| Record created | March 5, 2003 |
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