London, as seen by Charles Dana Gibson – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of London, as seen by Charles Dana Gibson. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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London, as seen by Charles Dana Gibson
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Charles Dana Gibson, best known for his Gibson Girl drawings, turned his pen to London in this 1897 color poster for *The Holiday Book of the Season*, published in New York by Charles Scribner's Sons. The tracings on the caption card point to royalty and British geography as the book's chief subjects, a fitting theme in a year when Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee drew wide attention to the British crown. Publishers used bold images like this to sell illustrated gift books during the year-end buying season, and Gibson's name alone was enough to attract readers. The details here come from an older caption card and have not been fully verified.
| Created / published | 1897 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 35 x 56 cm. |
| Subjects | Color poster by Charles Dana Gibson, 1867-1944. Heading: The holiday book of the season. New York, Charles Scribner. Promotional goal: U.S. K91. 1897. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. Title. Gt. Brit.--Royalty; Geog. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 996 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172770 |
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