The Spell of Ursula, Lippincott's
Date1894
Artist
Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell
(American artist and illustrator, 1862–1924)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for Lippincott's Series of Select Novels; The Spell of Ursula by Mrs Rowlands, 1896
MediumThree-color commercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 12 × 10 in. (30.5 × 25.4 cm)
sheet: 12 11/16 × 10 13/16 in. (32.2 × 27.5 cm)
sheet: 12 11/16 × 10 13/16 in. (32.2 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-304
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis poster was first issued in 1894, and then in 1895, using the title for the next book in Lippincott's series. Peter Newell gained popularity in the 1880s and 1890s as an author and illustrator for the period's major magazines, as well as for books by Mark Twain and Lewis Carroll. He also published children's novelty books with illustrations that could be read updside down or sideways.
