Women's Edition, The Press, Thanksgiving Eve

Women's Edition, The Press, Thanksgiving Eve
Women's Edition, The Press, Thanksgiving Eve

Women's Edition, The Press, Thanksgiving Eve

Date1895
Artist (American artist, 1875–1954)
Illustration CitationAdvertisement for The Women's Edition; The Philadelphia Press, November 27, 1895
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 34 3/8 × 17 3/16 in. (87.3 × 43.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1978
Object number1978-600
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe Women's Edition of the Press was filled with articles and illustrations by women. The grand dame of Philadelphia art world, Emily Sartain, served as the art editor. The poster was designed by Marianna Sloan, a 20-year-old art student and the younger sister of an illustrator at The Press. The woman in Sloan's design appears to be actively producing a poster for The Press while her companion watches intently over her shoulder.

Women's Editions of newspapers were a novelty in 1895, with issues released in Buffalo and several smaller towns, as well as Philadelphia.
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