Poster for the magazine Verviers Comique Journal Humoristique
Also known as: Affiche voor het tijdschrift Verviers Comique Journal Humoristique
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1881
On a stage stands a man in a jester's costume. To his left stands a woman with a life-sized quill and to his right a woman with a life-sized chalk holder. Putti are engaged in writing, typesetting, printing, and distributing the magazine.
In front of the stage stands a crowd of men and women holding copies of the magazine in their hands. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as RP-P-2015-26-2155; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique color lithography; measurements height 723 mm x width 553 mm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Technique
- color lithography
- Measurements
- height 723 mm x width 553 mm
- Dimensions museum
- height 723 mm x width 553 mm
Identification
- Original title
- Affiche voor het tijdschrift Verviers Comique Journal Humoristique
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- RP-P-2015-26-2155
- Museum classification
- poster · print
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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