Hamlet - Les Maitre de l'Affiche - 1894

The Beggarstaff stenciled poster from 1894. - The Beggarstaffs: under this double pseudonym, Nicholson and Pryde created the modern woodcut poster, with clear outlines and large expanses of flat color.; Sir William Nicholson (English; 1872-1949); renewer of the English woodcut; painter, especially of portraits; costume designer; James Pryde (Scottish, 1866-1941); painter and wood engraver.