Columbia University Poster, John E

Columbia student smoking cigarette. John E. Sheridan (1880 - July 3, 1948, New York) was an American illustrator well known in his lifetime for his... more

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Columbia University Poster, John E

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Columbia student smoking cigarette. John E. Sheridan (1880 - July 3, 1948, New York) was an American illustrator well known in his lifetime for his cover art for The Saturday Evening Post, his illustrations for Collier's Weekly and Ladies' Home Journal, and his commercial advertisements. He was a member of the Dutch Treat Club, and a frequent contributor to the program of their annual banquet and show, and was an instructor at New York's School of Visual Arts at the time of its founding. His obituary in The New York Times states that he "was credited with the idea of using posters to advertise college sport". Columbia University, established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is often cited as one of the world's most prestigious universities. Columbia contains the oldest college in the state of New York and the fifth chartered institution of higher learning in the country, making it one of nine colonial colleges founded prior to the American Revolution.

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December 13th, 2017