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Title
Crowning of a czar : May century
Creator
Liebler & Maass, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1896
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of an advertisement for Century magazine May 1896 issue; a bearded man wearing a long ermine cloak places a crown on his own head; heraldry with a pair of eagles in foreground.
Item originally owned by illustrator Curtis Wager-Smith (1870-1950). Date supplied by cataloger based on copy held by the Metropolitan Museum, New York. "Liebler & Maass Li[th]"--text, bottom right margin. "de Yongh"--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 52.71 x 36.04 cm (20 3/4 x 14 3/16 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ART_003071
502174
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5004
Language
English
Subject
Advertising--Periodicals
Crowns--Pictorial works
Heraldry--Pictorial works
Men--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Book & magazine posters. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Artist Posters
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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