Medium
Illustrations: lithographs, etchings, commercial color process prints
Dimensions
12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (31.7 x 24.8 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1968
Accession Number
68.513.7
Art Historical Context
Published in 1884 by the Art Age Press under the direction of figures like Arthur B. Turn, *Art Year Book 188* captures the vibrant artistic scene of late 19th-century America. This handsome annual volume, measuring 12½ x 9¾ inches, served as a showcase for contemporary illustrators and a guide to the year's artistic achievements, reflecting the era's growing fascination with visual culture amid rapid industrialization and the expansion of print media. Produced with support from the New England Institute and printers like Louis Prang & Co. and John A. Lowell & Co., it embodies the collaborativ...
About the Artist
New England Institute|Art Age Press|Arthur B. Turnure|George R. Halm|Charles Yardley Turner|George W. H. Ritchie|Howard Pyle|William Hicok Low|Elbridge Kingsley|Louis Prang & Co.|John A. Lowell & Co. (American|American|American|American|American|American|American|American|American|American|American) · 1850 |1850 |1850 |1850 |1850 |1870 |1853 |1853 |1841 |1800 |1850 –1900 |1900 |1900 |1950 |1919 |1900 |1911 |1932 |1918 |1950 |1900
Boston, Massachusetts|New York, NY|American, 19th century|American, born Ogdensburg, New York, 1850|American, Baltimore, Maryland 1850–1919 New York|American, active New York, 1870–1900|American, Wilmington, Delaware 1853–1911 Florence|American, Albany, New York 1853–1932 New York|American, Carthage, Ohio 1841–1918 Brooklyn, New York|Boston, Massachusetts|Brooklyn, New York