Five Schools, Built to Deepen · The Ricordi House
G. Ricordi & C° music publishers, London. Lays for little Ones
Adolf Hohenstein (1854-1928) · G. Ricordi & C° music publishers, London, 1898
What it is
A tall, narrow advertising poster for 'Lays for Little Ones', issued by the London branch of the music publisher G.
Why it matters
Ricordi & C°. It is signed A. Hohenstein and dated 98 in the image itself, the same hand that drew Ricordi's great opera bills of the 1890s. The BnF holds the sheet in its Gallica poster collection and records it at 50 cm wide by 30 cm high. The narrow format is typical of shop-window and counter display advertising of the period.
What to notice
Hohenstein turns his opera-poster brush on a book of children's songs for Ricordi's London house, signed and dated '98.
The house that printed the aria and the advertisement in the same hand.
Provenance
- School
- The Ricordi House (Various)
- Designer
- Adolf Hohenstein (1854-1928)
- Format
- One-sheet
- Poster published
- G. Ricordi & C° music publishers, London, 1898
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · ark:/12148/btv1b90081449
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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