The Chap-Book

1895

Will H. Bradley, Artist Stone and Kimball, Publisher

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About the Artwork

Title The Chap-Book

Artwork Date 1895

Makers Will H. Bradley (Artist) American, 1868-1962 Stone and Kimball (Publisher) American

Medium Commercial relief process printed in black ink

Dimensions Image: 19 1/2 × 12 3/8 inches (49.5 × 31.4 cm) Sheet: 21 1/2 × 14 3/8 inches (54.6 × 36.5 cm)

Classification Posters

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1989.102

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Signed Signed and dated, in plate, lower right: WILL. H. BRADLEY-1895-

Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, upper center: The Chap-Book Inscribed, lower center: Being A MISCELLANY of Curious and Interesting Songs, | Ballads, Tales, Histories, &c.; adorned with a variety | of pictures and very delightful to read; newly | composed by MANY CELEBRATED WRITERS; To | which are annex'd a LARGE COLLECTION of No | tices of BOOKS

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1989-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Malhotra, Ruth and Christina Thon, et al. Das Fruhe Plakat In Europa und den USA. Vol. 1, Grossbritannien und Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika. Berlin, 1973, no. 155.

Kiehl, David et al. American Art Posters of the 1890S. New York, 1987, no. 16.

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Will H. Bradley, The Chap-Book, 1895, commercial relief process printed in black ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1989.102.

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