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The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
Harper's Christmas, Poster by Edward Penfield
Edward Penfield (1866-1925) · Harper's Magazine, Christmas number, 1897
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
Edward Penfield's colour lithograph for the Christmas 1897 number of Harper's, 48 by 34 cm.
Why it matters
The Christmas number was the magazine's showpiece, and Penfield, its art director, drew the poster himself.
What to notice
Read the lettering as part of the picture: Penfield set the title and the figure as one block.
The holiday issue, sold by one drawing.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Designer
- Edward Penfield (1866-1925)
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- Harper's Magazine, Christmas number, 1897
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2006676061
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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