PICTURE POSTERS
A Short History Of The Illustrated Placard With Many Reproductions Of The Most Artistic Examples In All Countries
By Charles Hiatt
London: George Bell And Sons New York
MDCCCXCVI
Second Edition
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE STORY OF THE PICTORIAL POSTER
CHAPTER II.—IN FRANCE DURING THE PRESENT CENTURY
CHAPTER III.—IN FRANCE. THE WORK OF CHÉRET, GRASSET, AND TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
CHAPTER IV.—IN FRANCE: THE WORK OF WILLETTE, FORAIN, STEINLEN
CHAPTER V.—IN FRANCE: THE WORK OF GUILLAUME, PALEOLOGUE, CHOU-BRAC
CHAPTER VI.—IN ENGLAND: FROM FRED WALKER TO DUDLEY HARDY
CHAPTER VII.—IN ENGLAND: THE WORK OF DUDLEY HARDY, AUBREY BEARDSLEY
CHAPTER VIII.—THE WORK OF OTHER CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH DESIGNERS
CHAPTER X.—IN COUNTRIES NOT ALREADY DISCUSSED
CHAPTER XI.—THE PRICE OF THE PICTORIAL POSTER; AND CONCLUDING NOTE
PREFACE.
In the present volume an attempt has been made briefly to trace (the history of the picture poster from the earliest times!) and to comment upon and reproduce some of the most noteworthy examples in various countries. The English and American placards have received special attention, while the best examples of the French school have not been overlooked. With very few exceptions, only posters signed, or acknowledged, by the artists producing them, are included among the illustrations. The whole subject is treated from the point of view rather of art than of commerce. While it is believed that this book is the first which deals in English with the Pictorial Poster, the author desires to recognize his indebtedness to M. Maindron's work, and to the catalogues of M. Sagot and Mr. Bella. The last-named has rendered material aid by lending, for the purpose of reproduction, not a few examples contained in his collection.
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