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Ethel Reed

Is Polite Society Polite and Other Essays by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe

Description

Maker

Ethel Reed (American, 1874 - 1910?), designer
Lamson, Wolffe &amp

Title

Is Polite Society Polite and Other Essays by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe

Year

1895

Medium

  • color lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Color lithograph

Materials

color lithograph

Supports

  • Medium weight red wove paper

Dimensions

39.8 x 54.1 cm (15 11/16 x 21 5/16 inches) (plate)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of James Morris

Object Number

96.041

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

American Literary Posters of the 1890s
Sep 20, 1991 – Nov 10, 1991

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Ethel Reed (American, 1874 - 1910?), designer
Lamson, Wolffe & Co., publisher
Is Polite Society Polite and Other Essays by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, 1895
color lithograph
39.8 x 54.1 cm (15 11/16 x 21 5/16 inches) (plate)
Gift of James Morris 96.041

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