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Ethel Reed, designer

Is Polite Society Polite and Other Essays by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, 1895

Description

Maker

  • Ethel Reed, 1874 - 1910?, American, designer
  • Lamson, Wolffe & Co., publisher

Title

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

Year

1895

Medium

color lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • color lithograph

Supports

  • Medium weight red wove paper

Dimensions

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

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of James Morris

Object Number

96.041

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

American Literary Posters of the 1890s

September 20 - November 10, 1991

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