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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
Harper's Sept., Poster by Edward Penfield
Edward Penfield (1866-1925) · Harper's Magazine, September number, 1893
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 September 1893 Harper's, 49 by 35 cm.
Why it matters
Penfield is credited as the father of the American poster; this is the earliest of his Harper's sheets in the set.
What to notice
The month is abbreviated on the sheet itself, Sept., exactly as the record transcribes it.
Where the American art poster begins.
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, September number, 1893
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2006676059
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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