LAMP SELLER, FROM THE GE POSTER SERIES
Date1923
MediumPaper, Ink
DimensionsOverall: 43.2 x 27.9 cm (17 x 11")
Object numberNostal-484
DescriptionAccession number 90.0.237.2. Poster shows a Maxfield Parrish painting of a lamp seller. A young woman is examining a pottery lamp in the foreground shadows; other street vendors in sunlit background; original painting was called "Lamp Seller of Bagdad." Text reads: 400 B.C./ VEGETABLE/ OIL/ POTTERY/ LAMP/ THE RIGHT LIGHT INCREASES/ THE JOY OF LIVING/ EDISON MAZDALAMPS/ GENERAL ELECTRIC/ LITHOGRAPHED IN U.S.A. L-29-10 B.On View
Not on viewJuly 3, 1855