More from American illustrator and designer Will Bradley (1868–1962) from the height of his Beardsley period circa 1894–95. These are from a collection by Edward Penfield entitled Posters in Miniature (1897) in which Bradley’s work receives more attention than some of his better-known contemporaries. Half of these designs are familiar, the rest I hadn’t seen before, including the peacock piece below. Even though Bradley was trying out various Beardsley moves at this stage, his work was always a lot more versatile than the lesser imitators. More of Bradley’s designs, and work by other artists, can be found in the scanned edition of Penfield’s book at the Internet Archive.
Elsewhere on { feuilleton }
• The illustrators archive
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Will Bradley’s Fringilla
• Bradley does Beardsley
According to Wikipedia …he worked for William Randolph Hearst’s film division as a set designer. Might be interesting to see some of those sets.
http://www.willbradley.com/work/flm/index.htm