Artwork : ArchiveNo00034

The Yellow Book c. 1894

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Contributor Name	Angela Hicken
Contributor Image	hicken_2.jpg
Profession	Librarian
Location	Portsmouth Central Library
Collection Date	09.11.06
Artefact Name	The Yellow Book
Artefact Description	This was the First volume ever made - April 1894. An Illustration quartley. Yellow illustrated cover. 25cm x 18cm approximately. Good condition.
Artefact Date	c. 1894
Artefact Stored	Civic building
Artefact Form	0034-form.jpg
Artefact Image	0034.jpg
Sample Taken	Paper from cover
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History of Artefact	A publication to showcase new writers and artists from the period. It was a quarterly publication. It included beautiful pieces of art of the time, celebrity writing and other artforms including Surrealist poems. It was a controversial publication at the time - full of contemporary ideas. The esatblishment did not agree with these new ideas.
Historian	Catherine Smith
Previous Owners	Reference Department Library (accquired in 1960's)
Special Memories	'I was particularly excited to find this book in the basement of the Civic Building in 2001 as it's the same edition that Oscar Wilde was, allegedly, holding when he was arrested! As the Yellow Book was so controversial at the time, it was another weapon for Aubrey Beardsley to help ruin his career!'
Artwork Image	0034-the_yellow_book.jpg

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