CORWIN KNAPP LINSON (1864-1934) THE OLYMPIAN GAMES / SCRIBNER'S [SEPTEMBER]. 1896. 21 1/2x14 inches, 54 1/2x35 1/2 cm. Condition B+: tears and creases in margins and along sharp vertical and horizontal folds; staining in upper margin and image. Hinged to mat at top edge. Paper. Linson was a Brooklyn-born illustrator who contributed work to many magazines including McClure's and the The Century . Here, the poster advertises his visual reportage (which accompanied an article by Rufus B. Richardson) of the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896. Scribner's first reported on the Olympic Games in April, 1896, and advertised that issue with a poster by Hy Mayer. Although not promoting the Games themselves, this is considered one of the earliest Olympic posters. Le Sport 85. rare .
CORWIN KNAPP LINSON (1864-1934) THE OLYMPIAN GAMES / SCRIBNER'S [SEPTEMBER]. 1896. 21 1/2x14 inches, 54 1/2x35 1/2 cm. Condition B+: tears and creases in margins and along sharp vertical and horizontal folds; staining in upper margin and image. Hinged to mat at top edge. Paper. Linson was a Brooklyn-born illustrator who contributed work to many magazines including McClure's and the The Century . Here, the poster advertises his visual reportage (which accompanied an article by Rufus B. Richardson) of the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896. Scribner's first reported on the Olympic Games in April, 1896, and advertised that issue with a poster by Hy Mayer. Although not promoting the Games themselves, this is considered one of the earliest Olympic posters. Le Sport 85. rare .
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