The Poster
Date1896
Artist
Elisha Brown Bird
(American illustrator, 1867–1943)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for The Poster, 1896
MediumTwo-color commercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 16 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (41.9 × 27.3 cm)
sheet: 18 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (47.6 × 30.2 cm)
sheet: 18 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (47.6 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-271
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextTrained as an architect, Elisha Brown Bird brought his drafting and design skills to graphic arts. This poster called on the swirling lines of the Art Nouveau style to advertise a new magazine about the art of posters. The publication lated only a year, with this image appearing on its cover in different colors every month in March, April, and May of 1986. about posters. The two characters were known as Miss Art and Miss Litho.
William McGregor Paxton
1895
