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Title
A new life of Napoleon magnificently illustrated
Creator
Grasset, Eugène, 1841-1917, artist
Century Company, publisher
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1894
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 featuring Napoleon Bonaparte sitting on horseback looking out on a scene of smoke and flames.
"Designed by E. Grasset, Paris."--text, bottom left margin. "VHD"--text, artist's initials on stone, bottom left of image. "Copyright, 1894, by The Century Co."--text, bottom right margin. "Is now beginning in The Century Magazine"--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.84 x 51.75 cm (30 1/4 x 20 3/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ART_003287
502416
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5381
Language
English
Subject
Advertising--Periodicals
Horses--Pictorial works
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--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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