All Resolutions
(Plate 33.)
Artist
- Name:
- Chéret, Jules
- Dates:
- 1836-1932
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- People, Science & technology
- 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 smiling woman in evening dress looks sideways at the viewer while holding the receivers of a “théâtrophone” to her ears, unheeding of the people standing in line behind her. The théâtrophone was an early distribution service which made it possible to use coin-operated telephonic devices set up in cafés, hotels, etc. to listen to opera or theater performances at a rate of 50 centimes per five minutes.
The caption reads in the original French: Affiche pour la Compagnie du Théâtrophone.
Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, color, female, periodical, promotional, reference book
