[Couple in a breaking cart] / Edward Penfield. – Vintage Print
![[Couple in a breaking cart] / Edward Penfield., c1902. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6b/6b431eeb36b2-L.webp)
(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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[Couple in a breaking cart] / Edward Penfield. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Couple in a breaking cart] / Edward Penfield.
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A young couple riding in a breaking cart, a light two-wheeled vehicle used to accustom young horses to harness and carriage work, gives this color poster its subject. Edward Penfield, a leading American illustrator and poster designer of the early 1900s, drew it with the flat areas of color and bold outlines that made his work widely admired and imitated. Dated to about 1902, the picture reflects an era when horse-drawn carriages still dominated city streets and country roads, even as the automobile was beginning to appear. The copyright line credits Heller & Bachrach, a firm known for photography, which is worth noting when considering the poster's commercial origins.
| Created / published | c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1900-1910.Prints Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Copyright by Heller & Bachrach. |
| Subjects | Carriages & coaches--1900-1910. Horses--1900-1910. Couples--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,464 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217204 |
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