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Title
Why travel?
Alternative Title
The H. B. Claflin Co.
Creator
Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915, artist
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
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 a woman carrying a tray of wine and fruit to a man seated at a table with several books studying a large world atlas; fire in a fireplace, Greek bust sculpture, vase with flowers, bookshelves, and a painting of a ship in background; both the figures are wearing historical dress.
Date supplied by cataloger based on company history; dry goods wholesaler H. B. Claflin Co. operated from 1890-1914. "Denslow"--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom left of image. "Rand-McNally Indexed Standard Atlas of the World"--text, center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 36.67 x 48.1 cm (14 7/16 x 18 15/16 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ART_003072
502175
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5009
Language
English
Subject
Books--Pictorial works
Dwellings--Pictorial works
Men--Pictorial works
Women--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Artist Posters
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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