St. Nicholas, Christmas Number
Date1896
Attributed to
Frank Berkeley Smith
American illustrator, architect, and author, 1869–1931
Attributed to
Maud Humphrey
American illustrator and suffragette, 1868–1940
Illustration CitationPoster advertising St. Nicholas Christmas Number, Decemer 1896. The Century Company, G. H. Buek & Cop., N.Y
MediumColor lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 21 1/2 × 16 1/4 in. (54.6 × 41.3 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous gift, 2023
Object number2023-44
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextWhile this poster is unsigned, the organizers of the International Advertisers' Exhibition in London in 1900 list this poster in their catalogue as being designed by American illustrators Maud Humphrey and F. Berkeley Smith, and this identification is republished in the London magazine, The Poster: An Illustrated Monthly Chronicle, that year. Humphrey was illustrating for St. Nicholas around this time.
