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The beautiful poster lady : a life of Ethel Reed
- Title
- The beautiful poster lady : a life of Ethel Reed / by William S. Peterson.
- Author
- Peterson, William S.
- Publication
- New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 123 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- Ethel Reed (1874-1912) is one of the most elusive figures in the history of American graphic design. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, she moved in the 1890s to Boston, where, while still in her early twenties, she achieved international recognition for her posters - and for her personal glamour. "The beautiful poster lady" is how newspapers of the day described her, and they often went on to claim that she was the most famous woman artist in America. Ethel Reed was an extraordinarily vivid personality of the fin de siècle and a striking early example of a media celebrity. But in 1896, following a broken engagement, she sailed to Europe, contributed to the two final issues of the Yellow Book in London, and then, after the turn of the century, vanished in the fog (to use her own phrase). Now William S. Peterson, through meticulous archival research, has at last been able to reconstruct the story of her life in England. Though unsuccessful in renewing her artistic career, she found lovers there, bore two children, and eventually married Arthur Warwick, an English army officer. Yet the marriage fell apart immediately, and her final years were darkened by poverty, drug addiction, and alcoholism.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes a checklist of Ethel Reed's published work.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-118) and index.
- Contents
- Preface. Vanished in the fog -- 1. Gentle Newburyport, 1874-1889 -- 2. An unaccountable sort of person: Boston, 1890-1896 -- 3. Study abroad: London and Ireland, 1896-1901 -- 4. Misadventures: London, 1902-1912 -- Ethel Reed's works -- The inquest.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-6340
- ISBN
- 1584563176
- 9781584563174
- OCLC
- 832314798
- Author
- Peterson, William S.
- Title
- The beautiful poster lady : a life of Ethel Reed / by William S. Peterson.
- Imprint
- New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2013.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-118) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-6340