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Literary Posters associated with Female Artists & Writers. Five Examples from the late 19th Century. Including:
Foam of the Sea, advertising the publication of Gertrude Hall's (1863-1961) book of the same title, illustrated by Oliver Herford (1860-1935), Boston: Forbes Co. for Roberts Brothers, [1895], chromolithographic poster in blues and yellow ochre showing a sprite rising from the sea while a figure watches from the shore (toned, one corner chipped, pinholes, another corner formerly folded), 20 x 14 in.
The Lark, February, [San Francisco,1896] large-format three-color woodcut by Florence Lundborg (1871-1949) advertising the Bay area literary journal, featuring Robin Hood blowing a hunting horn over a field of green (right vertical margin trimmed close, old folds, thumbtack holes, mounted on linen and matted, 18 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.
[together with] three posters by Blanche McManus (1869-1935), including: Crowns of Promise, [New York] A.S. Barnes & Co., [1895], chromolithograph depicting an angel holding a sprig of white lilies (slightly toned, large fold to one corner, short closed tears, signs of handling), 20 x 14 1/4 in.; Flotsam, advertising the novel by Henry Seton Merriman, New York: J.E. Rhodes, [1896] with a chromolithographic floral border in green, white, and red by McManus; [and] Legends of the Rhine, New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., [1895]; a bold two-color woodcut printed in black and yellow, advertising the publication of Helene A. Guerber's book of the same title; the poster dominated by a large female figure in a flowing yellow gown playing the harp (closed tears, chipped corners, toned, mounted on linen and matted), 20 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (5)
