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Harper's Posters

Harper's Magazine Covers & PostersCreated by: LOC's Public Domain ArchiveDated: 1900
Edward Penfield - Harper's for May, Harpers magazine posters
Harper & Brothers began publication of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine in 1850. It was renamed Harper’s Monthly Magazine in the 1900 Christmas issue.

Edward Penfield served the Harpers as staff illustrator, editor, and art director from 1890 to 1901. Penfield created his first lithograph for Harper’s Magazine in 1893. He made posters advertising each successive issue of the magazine for over seven years. Penfield also created advertisements and cover designs for books published by Harper and Brothers.
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Edward Penfield - Harper's August, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's August, Harpers magazine posters

Woman driving horse-drawn carriage. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1899. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The exiles and other stories by Richard Harding Davis / Edward Penfield.

The exiles and other stories by Richard Harding Davis / Edward Penfiel...

Poster shows a man standing on a bluff overlooking a body of water, watching a ship sail away. A turbaned porter, in foreground, carries a blanket roll with an unbrella and a walking stick and a suitcase.

Edward Penfield - Colliers. Automobile Number / Edward Penfield.

Edward Penfield - Colliers. Automobile Number / Edward Penfield.

Poster shows a woman dressed in a duster and bonnet standing beside an automobile. Cover illustration for Collier's magazine, January 19, 1903, v. 30, no. 16.

"Battle hymn" a new play about John Brown of Harpers Ferry by Michael Blankfort and Michael Gold At the Experimental Theatre.

"Battle hymn" a new play about John Brown of Harpers Ferry by Michael ...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Battle Hymn" at the Experimental Theatre, east of Broadway, showing a silhouette of John Brown. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward Penfield - Waiting for wind and tide

Edward Penfield - Waiting for wind and tide

Two men and a boy, all in traditional Dutch dress, sitting beside a harbor. In the background is the village. (DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published... More

Edward Penfield - Waiting for wind and tide

Edward Penfield - Waiting for wind and tide

Two men and a boy, all in traditional Dutch dress, sitting beside a harbor. In the background is the village. (DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published... More

[Woman removing jar lid in kitchen] / Edward Penfield.

[Woman removing jar lid in kitchen] / Edward Penfield.

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Pure Food Campaigns, the Way to Conduct them" by Lewis B. Allyn, Collier's m... More

Edward Penfield - The fog bell - Drawing. Public domain image.

Edward Penfield - The fog bell - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title on shelflist card: The old green-streaked brass bell. (DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Magenta village" by Edward Penfield, Scr... More

Pastime stories by Thomas Nelson Page / Edward Penfield.

Pastime stories by Thomas Nelson Page / Edward Penfield.

Poster shows an African American man holding a letter. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harper's bazaar, Christmas, Art Nouveau Poster

Harper's bazaar, Christmas, Art Nouveau Poster

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1895

Edward Penfield - [Golfer preparing to tee off]

Edward Penfield - [Golfer preparing to tee off]

Title devised by cataloger. Illustration or poster (?) for Harper's magazine, April, 1898. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Will you help the women of France? Save wheat / Edward Penfield.

Will you help the women of France? Save wheat / Edward Penfield.

Three women pulling cultivating machine. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2007.

Harper's Sept. / Edward Penfield., Harpers magazine posters

Harper's Sept. / Edward Penfield., Harpers magazine posters

Poster shows woman seated on steps and reading a copy of Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Gift; Mrs. Edward Penfield.

View on the Potomac--Near Harper's Ferry / F.F. Palmer del. ; Currier & Ives Lith., N.Y.

View on the Potomac--Near Harper's Ferry / F.F. Palmer del. ; Currier ...

Two men on horseback with Potomac River and hills in the background. No. 5366. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6966.

The Columbian Exposition will be completely illustrated in Harper's Weekly, 1891, 1892

The Columbian Exposition will be completely illustrated in Harper's We...

Two views of the Exposition. Copyrighted by Harper & -ers. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Perly-cross, a novel by R.D. Blackmore / Edward Penfield.

Perly-cross, a novel by R.D. Blackmore / Edward Penfield.

Poster shows a man dressed as a clergyman carrying a bible in one hand and a walking stick in the other. Signed E.P.

Louis Rhead - Harper's Bazar, Xmas 1894, Harpers magazine posters

Louis Rhead - Harper's Bazar, Xmas 1894, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1894

Harper's round table - Thanksgiving number '95

Harper's round table - Thanksgiving number '95

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895

Harper's [for] June / Edward Penfield

Harper's [for] June / Edward Penfield

Woman seated in rocking chair, reading magazine. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Edward Penfield - Harper's for July, Art Nouveau Poster

Edward Penfield - Harper's for July, Art Nouveau Poster

Signed with the artist's pictograph. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896

Harper's September / Edward Penfield., Harpers magazine posters

Harper's September / Edward Penfield., Harpers magazine posters

Man and woman on horse-drawn carriage. Promotional goal: U.S. D42.

Edward Penfield - Harper's April '98, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's April '98, Harpers magazine posters

Man in foreground playing golf. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1898. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward Penfield - [Christmas at Cafe Spaander]

Edward Penfield - [Christmas at Cafe Spaander]

Three men sitting at a cafe table watching sailboats on nearby river. Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Chri... More

[Couple in a breaking cart] / Edward Penfield.

[Couple in a breaking cart] / Edward Penfield.

Copyright by Heller & Bachrach. Public domain photograph of a horse chariot, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward Penfield - Harper's [for] Nov'B'R, Art Nouveau Poster

Edward Penfield - Harper's [for] Nov'B'R, Art Nouveau Poster

Poster shows a young woman with book and older woman, entering carriage. Signed with the artist's pictograph. Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1898. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congres... More

The girl on the land serves the nation's need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Service Committee / / Edward Penfield.

The girl on the land serves the nation's need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Serv...

Poster showing four young women carrying tools and a basket of produce, and leading a team of horses.

Jobs for fighters - If you need a job, if you need a man, inform the official central agency - The service is free The United States Employment Service, Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors/ / Gordon Grant Capt. U.S.A. ; Thomsen-Ellis Co., Baltimore, New York.

Jobs for fighters - If you need a job, if you need a man, inform the o...

Poster showing a soldier holding his "Honorable Discharge," crossing a welcome mat to pass through door of "Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors." Caption label from exhibit "World War I ...": Gordon Grant... More

Harper's for February, Harpers magazine posters

Harper's for February, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1894

Edward Penfield - Harper's for August, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for August, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1895

Harper's Weekly, Christmas, Harpers magazine posters

Harper's Weekly, Christmas, Harpers magazine posters

Back cover: Royal baking powder, dainties for Christmas. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. D41. 1895

Harper's for May, Harpers magazine posters

Harper's for May, Harpers magazine posters

Poster shows young woman in a white dress with flowers in her hair standing by a may pole holding a copy of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.

Harper's Weekly for Christmas, Harpers magazine posters

Harper's Weekly for Christmas, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. D42. 1895

Edward Penfield - Harper's for March, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for March, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1896

Edward Penfield - Harper's for April, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for April, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1897

Edward Penfield - Harper's for October, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for October, Harpers magazine posters

Signed with the artist's pictograph. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1898

Harper's round table. Fourth of July

Harper's round table. Fourth of July

Poster shows a red coated swordsman holding "1776" scroll (Decl. of Independence?). Pencilled note lower right: "Coll. Mrs. F.B. Johnston." Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) P... More

Harper's August / Edward Penfield., Harpers magazine posters

Harper's August / Edward Penfield., Harpers magazine posters

Man wearing a swimsuit and smoking a cigarette seated next to a woman wearing blouse, skirt, and hat. Caption: Tom Sawyer Detective - a new story by Mark Twain begins in this number. Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1896.

Edward Penfield - Harper's for October, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for October, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895

Harper's Weekly, a pictorial history of the war

Harper's Weekly, a pictorial history of the war

Poster shows a group of men on a raft watching the "Merrimac" blow up. Signed: Drawn by T. de Thulstrup. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Copyright, 1898 by Harper & Brothers... More

[Bird leaning over limb to watch laborers plowing and planting seed]

[Bird leaning over limb to watch laborers plowing and planting seed]

Title devised by cataloger. Cf. CAI - Penfield, no. 51 b (A size). Pen and ink drawing for color version with headings published as cover of Collier's magazine, April 18, 1914. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of... More

Edward Penfield - Harper's January, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's January, Harpers magazine posters

Poster shows fashionable woman. Includes literary content for January issue. Signed with artist's pictograph.

Harper's young people, an illustrated weekly

Harper's young people, an illustrated weekly

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. D41. 1881.

Edward Penfield - Harper's for March, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for March, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1894 Gift; Mrs. Edward Penfield.

In Washington's Day by Woodrow Wilson, illustrated by Howard Pyle. Begins in Harper's January

In Washington's Day by Woodrow Wilson, illustrated by Howard Pyle. Beg...

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1896

Edward Penfield - [Men at sea in trawler]

Edward Penfield - [Men at sea in trawler]

"The ,500 prize story The Trawler by James B. Connolly in this number." Title devised by cataloger. Cf. CAI - Penfield, no. 55 (B size). (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Lib... More

[On the beach at Narragansett Pier]

[On the beach at Narragansett Pier]

Title from Harper's. (DLC/PP-1932:0040). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 44:811 (Sept. 1, 1900).

Edward Penfield - The fog bell - Drawing. Public domain image.

Edward Penfield - The fog bell - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title on shelflist card: The old green-streaked brass bell. (DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Magenta village" by Edward Penfield, Scr... More

The Spanish American war in its political naval & military aspects by Senator Lodge, begins in Harper's February

The Spanish American war in its political naval & military aspects by ...

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 189-

Harper's young people - New Year's number

Harper's young people - New Year's number

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895

Edward Penfield - Harper's for June, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for June, Harpers magazine posters

Signed with the artist's pictograph. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1898 Gift; Mrs. Edward Penfield.

Edward Penfield - Harper's [for] January, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's [for] January, Harpers magazine posters

Poster shows a well-dressed man holding Harper's New Monthly and 4 dollars standing at Harper's subscription counter, Jan. 1, 1894. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion... More

Harper's Weekly. National authority on amateur sport Maxfield Parrish

Harper's Weekly. National authority on amateur sport Maxfield Parrish

Three men playing golf. Color poster by Maxfield Parrish. Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 189-? This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Edward Penfield - Harper's for February, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for February, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1895 Gift; J.H. Corning estate.

Harper's Weekly, edited by George Harvey / A.G. Peck.

Harper's Weekly, edited by George Harvey / A.G. Peck.

Drawing for magazine cover shows men, some possibly holding racing forms, in a grandstand cheering. Purchase; Illustration House; 2001; (DLC/PP-2001:112).

Edward Penfield - Harper's for April, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for April, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1893

Edward Penfield - Harper's for September, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for September, Harpers magazine posters

Poster shows a woman in a green dress reading a Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1895

The grand entrance. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The grand entrance. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1933:0055). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Spanish Sketches / Edward Penfield. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911, p. 117.

Victor bicycles, Overman Wheel Company, Boston, New York, ... Will H. Bradley

Victor bicycles, Overman Wheel Company, Boston, New York, ... Will H. ...

Three women on bicycles. Lithograph printed by Harper & Brothers, New York. Reverse: cover by M. Parrish for Harper's Weekly, Christmas, 1895 [can't see since encapsulated with backing sheet]. Promotional goal:... More

Spanish types. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Spanish types. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0055). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Spanish Sketches / Edward Penfield. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911, p. 95.

Edward Penfield - Harper's for October, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for October, Harpers magazine posters

Poster shows a woman carrying a puppy and an instrument with a blue background. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1893 Gift; Mrs. Edward Penfield.

Harper's Weekly, bicycle number, Harpers magazine posters

Harper's Weekly, bicycle number, Harpers magazine posters

Back cover: Columbia bicycles insure cycling delight. Standard of the world. Images published in Harper's Weekly on April 11, 1896. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress)

Harper's bazar, midsummer number, Harpers magazine posters

Harper's bazar, midsummer number, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 189-

Edward Penfield - Harper's for September, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for September, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1894

"They're after me" / Edward Penfield.

"They're after me" / Edward Penfield.

Sprinter. Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Edward Penfield, Edward Penfield

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Edward Penfield, Edward Penfield

Half length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward Penfield - Harper's for October, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for October, Harpers magazine posters

Print shows a woman with gloves. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1896

Edward Penfield - Harper's [for] August, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's [for] August, Harpers magazine posters

Woman with book. Color poster by Edward Penfield, 1866-1925. New York, Harper & Brothers. Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1897. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I.... More

Victor bicycles, Overman Wheel Company, Boston, New York, ... Will H. Bradley

Victor bicycles, Overman Wheel Company, Boston, New York, ... Will H. ...

Three women on bicycles. Lithograph printed by Harper & Brothers, New York. Reverse: cover by M. Parrish for Harper's Weekly, Christmas, 1895 [can't see since encapsulated with backing sheet]. Promotional goal:... More

Harper's bazar, a weekly journal of fashion devoted to every interest of woman and the home

Harper's bazar, a weekly journal of fashion devoted to every interest ...

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. D42. 1895

Harper's Bazaar--Thanksgiving 1894 / Louis J. Rhead.

Harper's Bazaar--Thanksgiving 1894 / Louis J. Rhead.

Front and back cover of magazine, with front an illustration of woman with bowl of fruit amid fruit trees and corn. Advertisements on back cover for Royal baking powder, Baker's cocoa, Liebig's extract of beef... More

People we pass - stories of life among the masses of New York City / Edward Penfield.

People we pass - stories of life among the masses of New York City / E...

Advertisement for book by Julian Ralph, published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, shows five women and a man walking. Exhibited: "Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relationship between American Art and Early Film... More

Edward Penfield - Harper's for May, Art Nouveau Poster

Edward Penfield - Harper's for May, Art Nouveau Poster

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1895

Harper's for July. The German struggle for liberty

Harper's for July. The German struggle for liberty

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1895

Edward Penfield - Harper's for October, Harpers magazine posters

Edward Penfield - Harper's for October, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1897

Harper's Bazaar, Thanksgiving number, Harpers magazine posters

Harper's Bazaar, Thanksgiving number, Harpers magazine posters

Front cover, showing woman with sheaf of corn; back cover advert. for Victor bicycles, Baker's chocolate, Sunlight soap & Liebig beef extract (memorial column to Baron Justis von Liebig). Promotional goal: U.S... More

Stirring times in Austria described by Mark Twain in Harper's March

Stirring times in Austria described by Mark Twain in Harper's March

Poster shows a portrait of Mark Twain. Not signed. Gift; Mrs. Edward Penfield; 330034.

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