All Resolutions
(Plate 42.)
Artist
- Name:
- Grasset, Eugène
- Dates:
- 1845-1917
- Country:
- Switzerland
Illustration
- Subject:
- Ornaments & patterns
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The New York Public Library
Periodical
- Title:
- Les maîtres de l'affiche, vol. 1
- Author(s):
- Marx, Roger
- Publisher:
- Paris: Imprimerie Chaix, 1896
Description
A woman dressed in the fashion of the 1830s is seen from behind reading from a large book and seemingly reclining on a block of lettering as Notre-Dame Cathedral stands in the background and a skull lies at her feet, adding to the Romantic atmosphere. This poster was commissioned by bookstore owner and publisher Ed. Monnier to advertise a series of books pertaining to Romanticism, the lettering changing accordingly.
The caption reads in the original French: Affiche pour la Librairie Romantique.
Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, book, color, female, periodical, promotional, reading, reference book, Romanticism
