Three gringos in Central America and Venezuela by Richard Harding Davis / Edward Penfield. – Vintage Print
![Three gringos in Central America and Venezuela by Richard Harding Davis / Edward Penfield., [New York : Harper & Brothers, 189-] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/70/708c59508114-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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Step back in time with Three gringos in Central America and Venezuela by Richard Harding Davis / Edward Penfield., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Three gringos in Central America and Venezuela by Richard Harding Davis / Edward Penfield.
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Few posters of the period tie a travel narrative so directly to its setting as this one, which advertises Richard Harding Davis's *Three Gringos in Central America and Venezuela*. Davis, a widely read journalist and correspondent, published the book with Harper & Brothers in the 1890s, and the firm relied on posters like this to sell its titles. Edward Penfield, who designed it, was one of the leading American poster artists of that decade, known for bold flat color and simple graphic composition. The subject heading points to Indigenous peoples, a reminder that travel writing of the era often presented such communities to readers at home.
| Created / published | [New York : Harper & Brothers, 189-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 45 x 29 cm. |
| Genre | Book & magazine posters American 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | Indigenous peoples--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,105 × 5,105 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226365 |
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