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Title
The lark for May five cents
Creator
Porter, Bruce, 1865-1953, artist
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1895
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 The Lark magazine May 1895 issue featuring a man wearing a crown made of leaves sitting nude and playing a transverse flute or recorder.
Item originally owned by illustrator Curtis Wager-Smith (1870-1950). Date and artist supplied by cataloger based on copy held by the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 46.51 x 31.43 cm (18 5/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ART_003172
502550
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5199
Language
English
Subject
Advertising--Periodicals
Men--Pictorial works
Musical instruments--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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