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Stirring Times in Austria Described by Mark Twain in Harper's March – Historic Print

Stirring Times in Austria Described by Mark Twain in Harper's March, c. 1898 — vintage poster
Stirring Times in Austria Described by Mark Twain in Harper's March, c. 1898. Vintage poster from the Books 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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Stirring Times in Austria Described by Mark Twain in Harper's March

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Mark Twain's name anchors this color lithograph, which Harper & Brothers of New York issued to advertise his essay "Stirring Times in Austria" in the magazine's March issue. The piece covered the Austrian parliament in Vienna, where deputies had been shouting and brawling over language rights for the empire's many nationalities. The fight had sharpened after the 1897 language ordinances, and Twain, who had a gift for turning political disorder into comedy, made it the subject of his satire. As a publisher's poster, the print was meant to draw attention on newsstands and in shop windows, so its bold color and headline do much of the work.

Created / publishedc. 1898
Mediumprint, poster, lithograph, color, 39 x 31 cm.
NotesHarper & Brothers, New York
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,187 × 1,500 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-226374

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