Recreation, March
Date1896
Artist
Henry Sumner Watson
(American illustrator, 1868–1933)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for Recreation, March 1896
MediumSingle-color commercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 14 7/8 × 11 in. (37.8 × 27.9 cm)
sheet: 16 9/16 × 14 1/16 in. (42.1 × 35.7 cm)
sheet: 16 9/16 × 14 1/16 in. (42.1 × 35.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-6
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextKnown primarily as a poster artist, Henry Sumner Watson drew the twelve monthly advertising posters for Recreation in 1896, each depicting a man and his dachshund
enjoying an outdoor sport. Here an ice boater sails a craft with the same name as
the magazine.
![Outing [for] August, Rowing at Poughkeepsie and Henley](/internal/media/dispatcher/24307/thumbnail)
