Publisher. Children's Books

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Publisher. Children's Books
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Publisher. Children's Books

Date1894
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for children's books. Les Affiches Étrangères, 1897
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 8 11/16 × 5 5/8 in. (22.1 × 14.3 cm)
sheet: 12 1/4 × 8 9/16 in. (31.1 × 21.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-160
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Label TextThis is a bookseller's advertising poster for a series of children's books published by T. Fisher Unwin of London. The design of the sultry woman - which may seem out of character for references to children's books - was typical of Aubrey Beardsley's style.

Printed at Jules Cheret's famous Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, Les Affiches Etrangeres Illustrees (1987) presented a collection of the best posters of La Belle Epoque by foreign artists in limited editions of 1025, printed at a reduced size..

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872-1898) was a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement and his drawings, influenced by Japanese wood-block prints, often emphasized the decadent and the erotic.