Advertisement for Philadelphia Sunday Press: February 2d, 1896
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 9/16 × 14 1/2 in. (54.8 × 36.9 cm)
Classification
Posters|Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Judy Lauder Fund Gift, 2015
Accession Number
2015.471
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling world of 1890s Philadelphia with this vibrant lithograph poster, *Advertisement for Philadelphia Sunday Press February 2d, 1896*, created by H. I. Ireland lithographer George Reiter Brill. Produced as a promotional piece for the city's popular Sunday newspaper edition, this 21 9/16 × 14 1/2-inch sheet captures the era's commercial energy through its bold imagery of men, women, and horse-drawn carriages—likely evoking the social whirl of urban life and the paper's promise of timely news and entertainment. Lithography, a revolutionary printmaking technique perfected in th...
About the Artist
H. I. Ireland, Philadelphia|George Reiter Brill ( |American) · 1850 |1867 –9999 |1918
|American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1867–1918 Florida