Whiting's Ledger Papers (The Acorns) (Primary Title)
Will H. Bradley, American, 1868 - 1962 (Artist)
The highest paid American poster designer of the late-19th, William H. Bradley’s popular designs were largely based on Japanese woodblock printmaking and design principles of the British Arts and Crafts movement. Characteristic of Bradley’s designs, this poster’s long, vertical orientation is adorned with a decorative border of foliage surrounding a central figure. Founded in 1865, the Whiting Paper Company produced high-quality writing paper for books and stationery, which this poster advertises.
Signed in stone upper right: BRADLEY
Printed above image in center: WHITING'S LEDGER PAPERS. Printed beneath image in center: In their Clear Surface and/ in their Perfect Erasing and/ Wearing Qualities these/ are the Finest Papers made/ Ask to have WHITING'S/ LEDGERS used in your/ next lot of Blank Books.
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund and Sydney and Frances Lewis Endowment Fund
Frederick Brandt, Designed to Sell: Turn of the Century American Posters, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1994
©artist or artist’s estate
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