COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc_poster4043.jpg
Identifier:
cc_poster4043.jpg
Title:
Geo. P. Humphrey : at the sign of the "Old Book Man" number 25 Exchange St. Rochester N.Y.
Creator:
Stowell, M. Louise
Subject:
Bookstores - New York (State) - Rochester - Posters
Subject:
Booksellers and bookselling - New York (State) - Rochester - Posters
Subject:
Posters, American
Subject:
Posters - 19th century - United States
Summary:
This leaf (plate 76) was taken from Volume II (1897) of the series Les Maîtres de l'Affiche. The embossed stampe of the series is found in the lower right corner of the lithograph. The leaf was originally published in Rochester, N.Y. by the Peerless Co. in 1896 for George Humphrey's bookstore. The poster depicts an upper torso of a man in profile, hand to head reading, in a bookstore below ground with grating over the windows. Mark of artist is found.
Publisher:
Imprimerie Chaix
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Humphrey, George P.
Date of Original:
1897
Date of Digitization:
2012
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
posters
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
posters
Dimensions of Original:
39 x 29 cm.
Language:
English
Original Item Location:
POSTER 4043
Digital Project:
2020_0025_posters
Place:
United States
Rights:
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Notes:
Maîtres de l'Affiche. 1897