Visual Materials

The Century for November : beginning a year of American humor

Description: Image of an advertisement for the Century magazine November 1901 issue; bust-length portraits of ten American male authors (Josh Billings, E.W. Townsend, Mark Twain, Eugene Field, Artemus Ward, Bill Nye, P.V. Nasby, A.P. Dunne, F.R. Stockton, and J.C. Harris) flank a stylized botanical illustration with advertising text.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Call number: priJLC_ART_004655
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Abbey, Edwin Austin, (1852-1911.); Abbott, Elenore Plaisted. (1850-1941.); Adamson, Sydney. (1863-1914.); Artique, Peter. (1864-); Artique, Pierre. (1874-1960.); Balano, Paula Himmelsbach. (1873-); Barnes, Will R., -1939. (1868-1962.); Beard, Daniel Carter, (1866-1946.); Beck, A. R. (1867-1918.); Biles, James Norman, (1871-1946.); Biorn, Emil, (1873-1952.); Bird, Elisha Brown. (1875-1930.); Blumenschein, E. L. (1856-1919.); Bonte, Willard, (1863-); Bradley, Will, (1872-1947.); Bragdon, Claude Fayette, (1856-1915.); Briggs, W. K. (1875-1946.); Brill, George Reiter, (1857-1922.); Carqueville, William L., (1865-1924.); Castaigne, J. André. (1859-1950.); Chamberlin, F. X. (1852-1904.); Champe (1877-1960.); Channing, B. M. (1853-1931.); Christy, Howard Chandler, (1853-1929.); Clay, John Cecil, (1870-1938.); Cox, Charles A. (1869-1924.); Cox, Kenyon, (1880-1935.); Davies, Syd. (1841-1917.); Davis, J. Watson. (1866-1946.); Day, Francis, (1863-1930.); DeLand, Clyde O., (1850-1899.); Denslow, W. W. (1867-1924.); Dixon, Maynard, (1876-1925.); Dow, Arthur W. (1874-1931.); Eaton, Hugh M., (1854-1926.); Eddy, H. B. (1861-1933.); Edge, F. Gilbert. (1869-1938.); Edwards, Edward (1874-1951.); Edwards, George Wharton, (1864-); Ellis, Harvey, (1871-1956.); Emerson, Ralph L. (1871-1949.); Flagg, James Montgomery, (1868-1954.); Fleming, Thomas, (1864-1942.); Gandy, C. (1869-1935.); Garrett, Edmund H. (1863-); Gihon, A. D. (1862-1961.); Glackens, William J., (1869-1959.); Glenny, Alice Russell. (1840-1902.); Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, (1930-); Gould, J. J., Jr. (1874-1961.); Grasset, Eugène, (1863-1928.); Greenough, Walter Conant. (1870-1966.); Guérin, Jules Vallée, (1866-1925.); Gunn, Archie, (1865-1953.); Hallowell, Geo. H. (1857-1927.); Halm, Geo. R. (1858-1924.); Hambidge, Jay, (1873-1962.); Harpiot, C. (1874-1912.); Haskell, Ernest, (1857-1926.); Hazenplug, Frank, (1877-); Hobart, Clark. (1858-1947.); Hooper, Charles Edward. (1842-1910.); Hooper, Will Phillip. (1872-1927.); Huneker, Clio Hinton. (1860-1946.); Hurd, L. F. (1866-1940.); Inness, George, (1871-1951.); Ireland, H. I. (1875-1954.); Justice, Martin. (1869-1931.); Kemble, E. W. (1863-1946.); Kendall, William Sergeant, (1875-1944.); Lammers, Herman C. (1854-1917.); Leyendecker, J. C. (1853-1902.); Lincoln, A. B. W. (1868-1933.); Linson, Corwin Knapp, (1864-1917.); Loury, H. S. (1881-1940.); Lowell, Orson, (1864-1940.); Lowry, H. S. (1870-1939.); Lundborg, Florence, (1872-1951.); Mayer, Henry, (1866-1943.); McCarter, Henry,; McCutcheon, John C.; McManus, Blanche,; Métivet, Lucien-Marie-François,; Moores, A. J.; Morse, Alice C.; Morton, Max Ralston.; Nadall, B.; ,Nankivell, Frank A.; Nast, Thomas,; Newman, Earl,; Oakley, Violet,; Outcault, Richard Felton,; Parrish, Maxfield,; Penfield, Edward,; Porter, Bruce,; Potthast, Edward,; Prendergast, Maurice,; Preston, James M.,; Reed, Ethel,; Reevs, Geo. M.; Rhead, Louis,; Rhodes, J. E.; Rogers, A. P.; Rose, Ethel.; Rosenberg, Henry Mortikar,; Rubins; Sandham, Henry,; Scotson-Clark, G. F.; Seton, Ernest Thompson,; Shafer, L. A.; Shinn, Florence Scovel, -1940.; Sloan, John,; Sloan, Marianna,; Smith, F. Berkeley; Sterner, Albert,; Thompson, Mills,; Turcas, Jules,; Twachtman, John Henry,; Wager-Smith, Curtis.; Watson, Hy S.; Wells, Ben; Wendel, S. Y.; Wenzell, A. B.; Wildhack, Robert,; Woodbury, Charles H.; Wright, Charles Hubbard,; Wright, George Hand,; Young, Art,
Associated organizations: A.S.; American Colortype Company.; American Lithographic Co.; Armstrong & Co.; Bacheller, Johnson & Bacheller.; Binner Engraving Co.; Blank & Co.; Boston Eng.; Brett Lithographing Co.; Callaghan and Company.; Century Company.; Charles Scribner's Sons.; Chicago Colortype Co.; Copeland and Day.; Courier Company.; D. Appleton and Company.; Dando Print.; Dodd, Mead & Company.; E. Scott Co.; Edgar C. Ruwe Company.; Ellery-Howard Co.; Fleming & Carnrick.; Fleming, Schiller & Carnrick Press.; Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company.; Frederick A. Stokes Company.; G.H. Buek & Co.; G.W. Dillingham Co.; Geo. H. Richmond and Co.; Geo. H. Walker & Co.; Gies & Co.; Gillin Print Co.; Grignard Litho.; H.A.; Harper & Brothers.; Hayes Bros. (Philadelphia, Pa.); Heliotype Printing Co.; Hinds & Ketcham.; International News Company (New York, N.Y.); J. Ottmann Lithographic Company.; Jenson Press.; L. Prang & Co.; Lamson, Wolffe & Co.; Ledger Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.); Liebler & Maass.; Longmans, Green, and Co.; Orcutt Litho Co.; P.F. Collier & Son Corporation.; R.H. Russell (Firm); Rand McNally and Company.; Rhodes, J. E. (James Edward), 1877-; Sterling Engraving Co.; Stone & Kimball.; Suffolk Engraving Co.; Waterlow and Sons.; Zeese-Wilkinson Co.
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