Pastime stories by Thomas Nelson Page / Edward Penfield. – Historic Print
![Pastime stories by Thomas Nelson Page / Edward Penfield., New York : Harper & Brothers, [1895] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c1/c1ab3dec3e7f-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 Pastime stories by Thomas Nelson Page / Edward Penfield., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Pastime stories by Thomas Nelson Page / Edward Penfield.
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Few posters of the 1890s show a publisher's ambitions as plainly as this color lithograph for Harper & Brothers' *Pastime Stories* by Thomas Nelson Page, a Virginia writer known for tales of the post-Civil War South. Edward Penfield, who designed many of the book and magazine posters Harper's issued in this decade, worked in a flat, bold style built on strong color blocks and simple shapes. The catalog subject heading lists African Americans, a reminder that Page's fiction often portrayed Black characters through the nostalgic, dialect-heavy conventions of plantation writing, which modern readers tend to view critically.
| Created / published | New York : Harper & Brothers, [1895] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 42 x 30 cm. |
| Genre | Book & magazine posters American 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | African Americans--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,099 × 5,089 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226364 |
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