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The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
Poster Calendar for 1897, January to March, by Louis Rhead
Louis Rhead (1857-1926) · Poster calendar, January to March 1897, 1896
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
Louis Rhead's colour poster calendar for January, February and March 1897, dated 1896 in the record; 51 by 37 cm.
Why it matters
Rhead was born in Staffordshire to a family of pottery artists and emigrated to America at twenty-four; in the early 1890s he became one of the leading poster artists of the craze.
What to notice
Hang it beside the Penfield calendar for the same quarter: two artists, one season.
The new year, framed in advance.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Designer
- Louis Rhead (1857-1926)
- Format
- Calendar poster (yuefenpai)
- Poster published
- Poster calendar, January to March 1897, 1896
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002699020
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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