Publisher. Children's Books

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

Publisher. Children's Books

Date1894
Artist (British draftsman, illustrator and writer, 1872–1898)
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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ClassificationsPRINT
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.

The Yellow Book
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1894
Pseudonym Library / Autonym Library
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1894
The Woman in the Moon
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
Title Page
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
Sketch for Front Cover Design
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
List of the Pictures
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
The Peacock Skirt
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
The Black Cape
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
A Platonic Lament
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
John and Salomé
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
Enter Herodias
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
The Eyes of Herod
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906