Fringilla or tales in verse by Richard Doddridge Blackmore – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Fringilla or tales in verse by Richard Doddridge Blackmore, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fringilla or tales in verse by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
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Fringilla, the Latin name for the finch genus, gives this 1895 poster its title and its bird-themed imagery, and it advertises Richard Doddridge Blackmore's book of verse. Will H. Bradley, a Chicago-based designer who became one of the leading figures in American poster and book design in the 1890s, created it. The flat color shapes and decorative lettering reflect the period's Art Nouveau-influenced graphic style. Blackmore was better known as a novelist, especially for *Lorna Doone* (1869), so this poetry collection was a less familiar product. The Cleveland firm Burrows Brothers issued the poster as a promotional piece.
| Created / published | 1895 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 53 x 25 cm. |
| Notes | Poster by Will H. Bradley, 1868-1962. Cleveland, The Burrows Borthers Co. Edition: #119. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, 1825-1900. Fringilla or tales in verse. II. Title. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 697 × 1,536 px · prints to 2 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172778 |
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