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Title: The Bookman May number price 20 cents
Creator: Edwards, George Wharton, 1859-1950, artist
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1897
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of an advertisement for the Bookman May 1897 issue depicting a man in a long black cloak and red cap reading a book by the light of an oil lamp; one of his hands holds the book and the other is resting on an hourglass.
"Designed for the Bookman by George Wharton Edwards 1897."--text, bottom center margin. "MDCCCXCVII"--text, bottom left of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 41.28 x 29.05 cm (16 1/4 x 11 7/16 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ART_004636
502834
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5088
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Periodicals
Books--Pictorial works
Lamps--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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