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Cleveland cycles / Pal. – Antique Wall Art

Cleveland cycles / Pal., Paris : Imp. Paul Dupont, [1897] — vintage poster
Cleveland cycles / Pal., Paris : Imp. Paul Dupont, [1897]. Vintage poster from the Cleveland collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Its title names a bicycle rather than a place: "Cleveland" was the name of an American bicycle brand, and this lithograph advertised it to French riders during the cycling boom of the 1890s. The artist signed simply "Pal," the pen name of the French caricaturist Jean de Paléologue, and the Paris firm of Paul Dupont printed many of the period's color posters. The subject headings also tie the sheet to the portrayal of Indians of North America, a theme that appeared often in commercial art of the time and is worth viewing with that context in mind.

Created / publishedParis : Imp. Paul Dupont, [1897]
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color.
GenrePosters 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900.
NotesPublished in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska native peoples of the United States / edited by Patrick Frazier and the Publishing Office. Washington : Library of Congress, 1996, p. 180.
SubjectsIndians of North America--Performances & portrayals. Bicycles & tricycles--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,179 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-152826

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