Just Issued: The Ape, the Idiot, and Other People
Date1897
Artist
Anna Whelan Betts
(American painter, illustrator, 1873–1959)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for The Ape, the Idiot and Other People by W.C. Morrow, (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1897)
MediumTwo-color offset lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 21 3/4 × 14 1/2 in. (55.2 × 36.8 cm)
sheet: 23 1/8 × 15 1/2 in. (58.7 × 39.4 cm)
sheet: 23 1/8 × 15 1/2 in. (58.7 × 39.4 cm)
Credit LineFound in collection, 2019
Object number2019-47
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis charming poster advertised a book of short stories by W. C. Morrow, who is known for his dark tales of horror and suspense. The poster is the earliest published work known by Anna Whelan Betts.
