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Harper's September / Edward Penfield. – Vintage Wall Art

Harper's September / Edward Penfield., [1897] — vintage poster
Harper's September / Edward Penfield., [1897]. Vintage poster from the Horses 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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Step back in time with Harper's September / Edward Penfield., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Harper's September / Edward Penfield.

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Edward Penfield's poster for *Harper's September* turns a magazine announcement into a scene of carriages and coachmen, with the driver and horses set against flat fields of color. Dated to about 1897, it belongs to the flowering of American poster art in the 1890s, when illustrators borrowed the bold outlines and simplified shapes of French affiches. Penfield did much of his best-known work for Harper & Brothers, and his clean design helped a monthly periodical stand out on crowded city billboards. The poster shows how commercial art of the period could also work as decoration.

Created / published[1897]
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenreAdvertisements 1890-1900.Posters American 1890-1900.Prints Color 1890-1900.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. D42.
SubjectsCarriages & coaches--1890-1900. Coach drivers--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,456 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217051

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