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Poster, The Chap-Book (Blue Lady)

This is a Poster. It was designed by William Henry Bradley and published by Stone & Kimball. It is dated August 1894 and we acquired it in 2003. Its medium is color zincograph on thin cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Baby, It's Cold Outside!.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman and Ely Jacques Kahn.

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Its dimensions are

H x W: 50.5 × 35.2 cm (19 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

It is signed

in stone lower right: BRADLEY

Cite this object as

Poster, The Chap-Book (Blue Lady); Designed by William Henry Bradley (American, 1868–1962); Published by Stone & Kimball (United States); USA; color zincograph on thin cream wove paper; H x W: 50.5 × 35.2 cm (19 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman and Ely Jacques Kahn; 2003-6-1

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