Image of an advertisement for The Exiles and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis featuring an African American woman walking along a shoreline with a suitcase over one shoulder and a bundle with walking sticks under her arm; a man stands at the top of a bluff holding a lit cigarette at top left; ship on the water in background at right. Item originally owned by illustrator Curtis Wager-Smith (1870-1950). Date supplied by cataloger based on copy held by the New York Public Library. "Edward Penfield"--text, artist's signature on stone, top right of image. "Illustrated Harper & Brothers"--text, bottom left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 37.62 x 26.35 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Advertising--Books African Americans--Pictorial works Men--Pictorial works Shoreline--Pictorial works Women--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Book & magazine posters. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Artist Posters Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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