Sidney R. Ellis Bonnie Scotland – Antique Poster Print
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Sidney R. Ellis Bonnie Scotland in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Sidney R. Ellis Bonnie Scotland
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A toast to "the king of Glen and Crag," printed beneath the design, sets the tone of this lithograph: a kilted Highlander raising a glass, with a deer in the scene to evoke the hunting country of the Scottish Highlands. Sidney R. Ellis's *Bonnie Scotland* was a melodrama, a popular kind of touring stage entertainment in the 1890s built on sentiment and spectacle. The poster was printed in 1895 by the Strobridge Lithographing Company, a Cincinnati firm whose bright theatrical bills were widely circulated across the United States. Its tartan, sport and romantic Highland imagery shows how American audiences of the period were drawn to an idealized Scotland.
| Created / published | 1895 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 101 x 76 cm. |
| Notes | Created and copyright 1895 by The Strobridge Lith Co Cinti. = N. Y. Caption: Heres to the king of Glen and Crag. No. 6649. · Ellis Sidney R. |
| Subjects | Toasting--Scotland. Scottish--Clothing & dress. Kilts. Deer. Melodramas. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters |
| Original scan | 2,111 × 2,784 px · prints to 7 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-273578 |
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