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  • Harper's June 

    Penfield, Edward (Harper and Brothers, 1897)
    Poster for Harper's June 1897 issue. Commercial lithograph. The poster depicts an outdoor grassy expanse with a woman in gown and hat reading a book while walking toward a wooden rocker. With her is a small spotted dog ...
  • Harper's July 

    Penfield, Edward (Harper and Brothers, 1896)
    Poster for Harper's July 1896 issue. The poster depicts a standing woman in a blue patterned dress and flowered hat holding a closed parasol.
  • Martian by DuMaurier, The 

    Penfield, Edward (Harper and Brothers, 1897)
    Poster for George Du Maurier's novel "The Martian", published by Harper & Brothers in 1897. The poster depicts a bearded man leaning out of a window, looking at the sky while raising his arms.
  • Harper's January 

    Penfield, Edward (Harper and Brothers, 1898)
    The poster depicts a woman in hat (on left) facing contents information. On Cover: Roden's Corner / a novel by Henry Seton Merriman, illustrated by T. de Thulstrup -- A group of players / by Laurence Hutton, with unpublished ...
  • Harper's February 

    Penfield, Edward (Harper and Brothers, 1898)
    Poster for Harper's 1898 February issue. The poster depicts a seated man in profile holding book. A black and white cat in profile faces outward. There is a calendar page for February on wall behind the man.
  • Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis 

    Ege, Otto F. (15th centu)
    The Book of Hours, the prayer book of laity, usually contains 16 sections. The section on prayers to the Virgin is the most important and most used, and its manuscripts exceed in number all other 15th century religious ...
  • Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis 

    Ege, Otto F. (15th centu)
    In general, the Books of Hours produced for the devout layman in the Netherlands at the end of the 15th century were written in Dutch. This particular example, however, is in Latin. The heavy, angular, and closely spaced ...
  • Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis 

    Ege, Otto F. (15th centu)
    It is generally no great task to assign these illuminated Books of Hours to a particular country or period. The treatment of the ivy spray with the single line stem and rather sparse foliage is characteristic of the work ...
  • Harper's July 

    Penfield, Edward (Harper and Brothers, 1897)
    Poster for Harper's July 1897 issue. The poster depicts a man and woman in adjacent steamer chairs. Both are in outerwear with lap blankets, holding closed books. Penfield was married in April 1897--the couple is thought ...
  • Harper's Christmas 

    Penfield, Edward (Harper and Brothers, 1896)
    Poster for Harper's Christmas 1896 issue. The poster depicts a woman in a red dress, with hat and muff, standing in front of a shop window with a wreath hanging in it. A small dog accompanies her.
  • Harper's May 

    Penfield, Edward (Harper and Brothers, 1899)
    Poster for Harper's May 1899 issue. Poster depicts eight flower pots with daffodils in bloom.
  • Harper's August 

    Penfield, Edward (Harper and Brothers, 1897)
    Poster for the August 1897 issue of Harper's. The poster depicts a woman in a dark blue coat holding a closed book. There is an emblem on her jacket sleeve. Four houses are in the background; a sedan chair is immediately ...