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Maker(s):Beardsley, Aubrey
Culture:British (1872-1898)
Title:The Savoy Prospectus
Date Made:1895
Type:Print
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:sheet: 10 5/16 in x 7 9/16 in; 26.19375 cm x 19.20875 cm; image: 8 5/16 in x 5 7/8 in; 21.11375 cm x 14.9225 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTIONS: recto, upp. r. (printed, black ink): The Savoy / AN ILLUSTRATED QUARTERLY ; recto, upp. ctr. (printed, black ink): PROSPECTUS / NUMBER / I / DECEMBER / 1895 ; recto, ctr. r. (PUBLISHED BY / LEONARD SMITHERS / Effingham House / Arundel Street, Strand / London W.C.
Accession Number:  MH 2000.463.7.3.INV
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
One of a collection of 7 objects. Pink cover showing a stage with a fat man in top hat and with wings. He also has wings on his boots and holds an oversized quill and fountain pen in his proper right hand. In his left hand he holds up a sign that reads "PROSPECTUS / NUMBER / I / DECEMBER / 1895

First page rect contains a description of the catalogue: It is hoped that "THE SAVOY" will be a periodical of an exclusively literary and artistic kind. To present Literature in the shape of its letterpress, Art in the form of its illustration, will be its aim.

Verso of first page shows table of content for first edition.

Recto of second page is an order form with perforated edge.

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