Who created "New York Sunday Herald: January 17th"?

New York Sunday Herald: January 17th was created by Anonymous, American, 19th century in 1897.

What medium is "New York Sunday Herald: January 17th"?

New York Sunday Herald: January 17th is Lithograph.

Is "New York Sunday Herald: January 17th" in the public domain?

Yes, New York Sunday Herald: January 17th is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

New York Sunday Herald: January 17th

Anonymous, American, 19th century

1897

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Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

Sheet: 19 3/16 × 12 1/16 in. (48.7 × 30.7 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Leonard A. Lauder Gift, 1989

Accession Number

1989.1115.5

Art Historical Context

**New York Sunday Herald: 17th** This vibrant lithograph captures a slice of Gilded Age New York, printed as part of the *New York Sunday Herald* on January17, 1897. Created anonymously by an American artist of the late 19th, it exemplifies the era's booming newspaper industry, where Sunday editions dazzled readers with colorful supplements amid sensational journalism. The *Herald*, a powerhouse of its time, used such prints to draw in urban audiences hungry for news, illustrations, and entertainment during a period of rapid immigration, industrialization, and city growth. Lithography, the ...

New York Sunday Herald: January 17th

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