19¾x14 inches, 50¼x35½ cm. Condition B+: replaced losses in right corners and margin; small repaired tears and time-staining in margins; minor abrasions in image. Matted and framed.
Bradley's first poster ever, and first of many Chap Book posters (Koch p. 36), from August 1894. Although justifiable comparisons to Beardsley have been made, Charles Hiatt (author of Picture Posters, 1895, and early authority on posters) stated it best: "He has seen and assimilated, in no small degree, the manner of Mr. Aubrey Beardsley. He is however, a great deal more than a mere imitator; what he has borrowed, he has borrowed with conspicuous intelligence, and nobody could for a moment accuse him of anything approaching petty larceny" (Picture Posters p. 298).
Kiehl 13, DFP-I 152, Koch p. 22, Reims 1139, Virginia p. 23, Margolin p. 26 and 97, Keay p. 41, Met 1984.1202.8.
