Image of an advertisement for the New York Sunday Journal January 1897 issue featuring the comic character The Yellow Kid at sea on a sailboat with boys and girls of various races, a goat, a dog, and a cat at the steering wheel; four men dressed as heads of state stand on the shore at left. Date supplied by cataloger based on copy held by New York Public Library. "R.F. Outcault."--text, artist.'s signature on stone, bottom left of image. "H.A. Thomas & Wylie Lith. Co. 130-134 W. 24th St. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "A personally conducted tour by R.F. Outcault and Rudolph Block"--text, center right of image. "The Yellow Kid Sails Jan. 17"--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 38.26 x 50.96 cm (15 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Advertising--Periodicals African Americans--Pictorial works Animals--Pictorial works Boats and boating--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Men--Pictorial works Sailboats--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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