Edison Mazda calendar image, "Venetian Lamplighter"

Item Information

Title:
Edison Mazda calendar image, "Venetian Lamplighter"
Description:
Poster featuring a colored image advertising the Edison Mazda light bulb. The print shows "The Venetian Lamplighter" as three figures on a boat, lighting lamps in the lagoon at dusk. This is a photomechanical reproduction of the original. It would have been part of a series of images done for an Edison Lamp Works of General Electric Co. calendar illustrating the development of light.
Artist:
Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966
Lithographer:
Forbes Co.
Date:
1924
Format:
Prints
Genre:
prints (visual works)
photomechanical prints
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
GC002: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
Subjects:
advertising
advertisements
calendars (documents)
electric lighting
Light bulbs
General Electric Company. Edison Lamp Works
Extent:
1 photomechanical reproduction
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/199027
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Identifier:
199027
Call #:
GC002.02.062