Poster for Jack Ballister's Fortunes

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Poster for Jack Ballister's Fortunes
Image Not Available for Poster for Jack Ballister's Fortunes

Poster for Jack Ballister's Fortunes

Date1895
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for Jack Ballister's Fortunes, by Howard Pyle (New York: Century Co., 1895)
MediumOffset lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 11 7/8 × 16 13/16 in. (30.2 × 42.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lucinda and David Pollack, 2017
Object number2017-83
On View
Not on view
Label TextThe same central motif pictured in this poster was used on the book cover. It was probably not designed by the book's author and illustrator Howard Pyle.
Image Not Available for Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; "Speak up, boy, speak up," said the gentleman
Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; "Speak up, boy, speak up," said the gentleman
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Image Not Available for Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; "Well, Jacky, you shall have that hundred pounds, you shall"
Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; "Well, Jacky, you shall have that hundred pounds, you shall"
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1894
Image Not Available for Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; "Now then, gentlemen, how much do you bid for this boy?" said the auctioneer
Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; "Now then, gentlemen, how much do you bid for this boy?" said the auctioneer
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Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; Blackbeard's Last Fight
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1895
Image Not Available for Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; Blackbeard's Last Fight
Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; Blackbeard's Last Fight
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1895
Image Not Available for Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; "Now then, gentlemen, how much do you bid for this boy?" said the auctioneer
Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; "Now then, gentlemen, how much do you bid for this boy?" said the auctioneer
Howard Pyle
1894
Image Not Available for Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; "Now then, gentlemen, how much do you bid for this boy?" said the auctioneer
Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; "Now then, gentlemen, how much do you bid for this boy?" said the auctioneer
Howard Pyle
1894
Image Not Available for Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; Blackbeard's Last Fight
Sketch for Jack Ballister's Fortunes; Blackbeard's Last Fight
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1895
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1895
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