1903-1904 (made)
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Colour lithograph pictorial advertisement for a calendar of 1904 depicting a woman in a long sleeved, heavy red dress, seated in an armchair reading a decoratively bound book. In the background is an Art Nouveau wallpaper and rows of bookshelves.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Pictorial advertisement for the Butterick Poster Calendar of 1904. USA, 1904. |
| Physical description | Colour lithograph pictorial advertisement for a calendar of 1904 depicting a woman in a long sleeved, heavy red dress, seated in an armchair reading a decoratively bound book. In the background is an Art Nouveau wallpaper and rows of bookshelves. |
| Dimensions | Various sizes. |
| Object history | This image was also used on posters to advertise The Delineator, an American women's magazine published by the Butterick publishing company. It was operational between 1873 and 1937 when it merged with Pictorial Review to form Pictorial Review-Delineator. The merged publication ceased in 1939 and did not resume in the postwar period. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illlustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921. |
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| Accession number | E.947-1919 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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