ORIGINAL HARPER’S BAZAAR LITERARY 1894 XMAS COVER POSTER. NOT A REPRODUCTION

Description: This is an original Xmas issue literary cover poster by Louis Rhead published by Harper’s Bazaar (Bazar) in 1894. The margins have been trimmed down by a previous owner (presumably to fit into a frame). The trimming of the margins has not impacted the integrity of the image which can still be linen-backed or matted before framing. A reproduction of this poster was printed in 1971. The 1971 reproduction appears for sale frequently on eBay while the original rarely appears and is hard to find. The difference between the original and the 1971 reproduction is the printing on the verso. The verso of the 1971 reproduction has four vintage advertisement, while the verso on the 1894 original has text block. This poster is an 1894 original. The poster has been cleaned and two small margin tears repaired by the experts at Graphic Americana using archival conservation techniques and acid-free document repair tape. The colors on this lithographic poster are still vivid. Some light soiling remains after cleaning which gives the print an attractive antique patina that ensures it won’t be mistaken for a modern reproduction. LIKE THIS ITEM? BUT DON’T LIKE THE PRICE? MAKE US AN OFFER! From Wikipedia: Louis John Rhead (November 6, 1857 – July 29, 1926) was an English-born American artist, illustrator, author and angler who was born in Etruria, Staffordshire, England. He emigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-four. Louis John Rhead The Rhead family had operated and worked in the Staffordshire Potteries for at least three generations. Louis' father George W. Rhead worked in the pottery industry and was a highly respected gilder and ceramic artist. In the 1870s, George Rhead taught art and design in Staffordshire schools. He founded Fenton School of Art. Louis and all his siblings attended their father's art classes and worked in the potteries as children. His brothers Frederick Alfred Rhead and George Woolliscroft Rhead Jr. (1855–1920) were also artistic, and Louis, later in his career, sometimes collaborated with them, for example in book-illustration projects. Louis was also the uncle of the potters Charlotte Rhead and Frederick Hurten Rhead. Because Louis demonstrated exceptional talent, when he was thirteen in 1872, his father sent him to study in Paris, France with artist Gustave Boulanger. After three years in Paris, Louis Rhead returned to work in the potteries as a ceramic artist at Minton and later at Wedgwood. In 1879 he gained a scholarship at the National Art Training School, South Kensington, London. After graduating from South Kensington in 1881, Louis Rhead worked briefly for Wedgwood and worked for the London publisher Cassell. U.S. career In 1883 at the age of twenty-four, Louis Rhead was offered a position as Art Director for the U.S. publishing firm of D. Appleton in New York City. He accepted and emigrated to the U.S. in the fall of 1883. In 1884 he married Catherine Bogart Yates, thus becoming an American citizen. Louis and Catherine lived in Flatbush, Brooklyn overlooking Prospect Park for forty years. In the early 1890s, Rhead became a prominent poster artist and was heavily influenced by the work of Swiss artist Eugène Grasset. During the poster craze of the early 1890s, Rhead's poster art appeared regularly in Harper's Bazaar, Harper's Magazine, St. Nicolas, Century Magazine, Ladies Home Journal and Scribner's Magazine. An exhibition of his work was organized by the Salon des Cent in Paris. Three of his posters were published in Les Maîtres de l'Affiche. In 1895 he won a Gold Medal for Best American Poster Design at the first International Poster Show in Boston. By the late 1890s, the popularity of poster art declined, and Rhead turned his skills to book illustration. Between 1902 and his death in 1926, Rhead illustrated numerous children's books published by Harpers and others. Most notable among these were editions of: Robin Hood, The Swiss Family Robinson, Robinson Crusoe, The Deerslayer, Treasure Island, Kidnapped and

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Location: Ithaca, New York

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