Mrs. Fiske - Mary of Magdala / Ernest Haskell. – Antique 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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Step back in time with Mrs. Fiske - Mary of Magdala / Ernest Haskell., 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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Mrs. Fiske - Mary of Magdala / Ernest Haskell.
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Here the subject is Mary Magdalene, the biblical figure at the center of Mary of Magdala, the play in which Minnie Maddern Fiske appeared around 1903. Fiske was one of the leading American actresses of her day, and this poster was printed by the Grignard Lithograph Company in New York, with the copyright held by her husband, Harrison gray Fiske. The design is credited to Ernest Haskell, an American illustrator and etcher. The color lithograph shows how theatrical posters of the early 1900s relied on bold portraiture and flat, decorative color to make a star's name visible from the street.
| Created / published | N.Y. : The Grignard Litho. Co. 256 W 23rd St., c1903. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 81.5 x 57.4 cm (sheet) |
| Genre | Posters American 1900-1910.Lithographs Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Title from item. Copyright 1903 by Harrison Grey Fiske N.Y. Promotional goal: U.S. K745. 1903. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 180. |
| Subjects | Fiske, Minnie Maddern,--1865-1932. Mary Magdalene,--Saint. Theatrical productions--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,187 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113576 |
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