Recreation, April
Date1896
Artist
Henry Sumner Watson
(American illustrator, 1868–1933)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for Recreation, April 1896
MediumSingle-color commercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 14 3/4 × 11 1/16 in. (37.5 × 28.1 cm)
sheet: 16 1/2 × 14 in. (41.9 × 35.6 cm)
sheet: 16 1/2 × 14 in. (41.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-22
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn 1896 New York illustrator Henry Watson produced twelve monthly posters for Recreation a sporting and outdoor activity magazine. Each poster depicted a different outdoor sport but all featured the same tall thin sportsman accompanied by his intrepid dachshund. All the posters were created in a silhouette style with a very proto-deco masthead. The posters were available from the magazine's offices for 5 cents apiece. Watson also was an editor for Field & Stream - his specialty was hunting pictures.
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