The Yellow Kid, The Glorious Fourth
Date1897
Artist
O. C. Malcolm
(Poster artist, active late 19th century)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for The Yellow Kid, July 3, 1897
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 13 × 7 15/16 in. (33 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-298
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe Yellow Kid magazine was first published in March of 1897. Publication continued on a bi-weekly basis for the next nine issues using that title until the name changed to The Yellow Book and publication switched to a monthly basis. The magazine was an obvious attempt to capitalize on the success of the comic Yellow Kid character created by R. F. Outcault.
