The Savoy (prospectus for the quarterly serial)

Artist Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, 1872–1898)

Date1895

Mediumtypograph and letterpress on pink wove paper

Dimensionsimage: 21.1 x 14.8 cm (8 5/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
sheet: 26.1 x 19.6 cm (10 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineWilliam Grimm Fund

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Object number1990.27

DescriptionPrinted front cover folder, contains prospectus & order form printed lead type. Insc. w/in plate, UR:"The Savoy/AN ILLUSTRATED/QUARTERLY"; RC:"PUBLISHED BY/LEONARD SMITHERS/Effingam House/Arundel Street,Strand/London W.C."; LL:"PN Sc"; on sheet held by figure:"PROSPECTUS/NUMBER/I/DECEMBER/1895." Back cover has colophon w/scene of smith @ forge, 4.7 x 3.6 cm; insc., in image, above: "LEONARD,"below:"SMITHERS". Insc. below image: "Printed by H.S. Nichols, 3 Soho Square, W."
ProvenanceBarbara Kaplan, 4400 Rt. 9 S., Freehold, NJ 07728

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