Poster and book-cover design in The Modern Poster (1895)
H. Herkomer
A woman lifts the publication’s name over her head, her drapery opening around her against the black ground. Below, a large foreground form gives the composition weight and depth. The book’s list of illustrations credits this Black and White design to H. Herkomer, R.A.
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In the sources
The printed credit
DocumentedHerkomer’s Black and White advertisement places a raised sign above a dramatic figure.
The design on the page
InterpretationA woman lifts the publication’s name over her head, her drapery opening around her against the black ground.
Context & interpretation
The credited designs reproduced in the cited edition of The Modern Poster. This entry concerns the work shown in that collection.
Original passages
Source 1
The Modern Poster
By H. Herkomer, R.A.Open this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: List of illustrations
Printed credit individually checked against the exact original page image. Line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0570-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0570-E001-P0025
- Original scan leaf
- 25
- Recorded leaf number
- 25
- Current Reader position
- 9
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
Source 2
The Modern Poster
Open this page in the bookPassage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Illustrated design
Original illustrated page and faithful Gallery crop individually checked against the exact active edition. This source is an image; no quotation is supplied.
- Edition
- IMJ-0570-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0570-E001-P0078
- Original scan leaf
- 78
- Recorded leaf number
- 78
- Current Reader position
- 59
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
Illustrations
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