Accession number
PML 143489
Creator
Nicholson, William, 1872-1949.
Published
[London : William Heinemann, 1926]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Lithographic poster printed in red, yellow, blue and black, advertising Nicholson's picture book, Clever Bill, published by Heinemann in 1926.
At head: Please hang this in the nursery; at lower right: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd., London, W.C.2.
Formerly shelved with volume: Clever Bill. London : William Heinemann, 1926 (see PML 143488, cataloged and housed separately).
At head: Please hang this in the nursery; at lower right: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd., London, W.C.2.
Formerly shelved with volume: Clever Bill. London : William Heinemann, 1926 (see PML 143488, cataloged and housed separately).
Description
1 print (poster) : lithograph, col. ; 22 3/8 x 16 1/2 inches (568 x 417 mm)
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in orange crayon, in the form of two dialogue balloons issuing from the two figures comprising the design: [1st] For Thomas Balston from William Nicholson [2nd] For Xmas.
Provenance
From the libraries of Thomas Balston and Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Poster of a toy soldier ("Clever Bill") seated in the grass accompanied by a small bird and clashing a pair of cymbals.
Classification
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