The Century For November, chromolithograph advertising broadside, 1896

[CENTURY COMPANY]. HAMBIDGE, Jay, [illustrator]. THE CENTURY FOR NOVEMBER. LARGE CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ADVERTISING BROADSIDE FOR CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. N.Y.: G.H. Buek & Co., Lith[ographers], 1896. Broadside measuring 17.5 x 21”. The text continues: “Beginning the New Volume. A Great Article on Elections. Opening Chapters of the New Serials: “CAMPAIGING WITH GRANT,” Personal Recollections by Gen Horace Porter. “HUGH WYNNE FREE QUAKER,” A Novel of the Revolution by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. Richly Illustrated Articles, Short Stories, Etc., Etc. Published by The Century Co.” The large color illustration dominating the broadside (measuring approx. 13 x 20”) is a reproduction of a painting by JAY HAMBIDGE (1867-1924), a noted American artist, illustrator, and art theorist. It appeared in the November, 1896 Century Illustrated Magazine with an article describing the 1896 election in New York City and bore the caption: “Campaign Parade at Night.” It depicts a large procession in New York City, illuminated by the gaslights and sparkling flares carried by the marchers. The broadside is professionally backed with a sheet of the same size. It exhibits a horizontal and a vertical crease, three marginal chips, not affecting text or image, several short tears with no loss, and some marginal soiling, but is still bright, attractive, and worthy of display. Both Hugh Wynne and Campaigning for Grant were issued in book form by Century in 1897. RARE; OCLC finds no copies.