Posters in Miniature
Date1896
Artist
Frank Arthur Nankivell
(American, born in Australia, engraver and printer, 1869–1959)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for Posters in Miniature, by Edward Penfield and Percival Pollard (New York: R. H. Russell & Son, 1896)
MediumSingle-color commercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 7 15/16 × 11 7/16 in. (20.2 × 29.1 cm)
sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 5/8 in. (29.2 × 42.2 cm)
sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 5/8 in. (29.2 × 42.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-255
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextA reviewer praised Posters in Miniature for its presentation of 250 illustrations, matched by explanations of the art form's design and social purpose. An Australian by birth, Nankivell moved to New York in 1896 as his career as an illustrator and poster designer thrived.
Frank Arthur Nankivell
1908
