Fringilla Or Tales in Verse, by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Date1895
Artist
William H. Bradley
(American illustrator, designer, author, 1868–1962)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for Fringilla Or Tales in Verse, by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (Cleveland: Burrows Brothers, 1895)
MediumTwo-color commercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 18 × 7 1/4 in. (45.7 × 18.4 cm)
sheet: 20 15/16 × 9 7/8 in. (53.2 × 25.1 cm)
sheet: 20 15/16 × 9 7/8 in. (53.2 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-296
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis poster shows the influence of Art Nouveau and the British Arts and Crafts Movement. Its dense curvilinear forms are based on designs created by William Morris’s Kelmscott Press in Britain, which produced hand-crafted books in limited editions. Morris promoted decorative forms derived from nature, and the stylized floral and foliate borders on his book pages inspired the work of William Bradley and other poster designers.Bradley's design fit the verses of R. D. Blackmore, who was known for his descriptions of nature.
