American Literary Poster “Scribner’s For March” 1899

American Literary Poster “Scribner’s For March” 1899

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Date: March 1899

Size: 15" x 22.5" (38 x 57 cm)

Condition: A, newly linenbacked

Artist: Howard Chandler Christy. (January 10, 1872 – March 3, 1952) was an American artist and illustrator, famous for the "Christy Girl" featured in famous WWI posters. He became the most popular portrait painter of the Jazz Age era. Christy painted such luminaries as Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, and Presidents Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt, and Truman. Other famous people include William Randolph Hearst, the Prince of Wales (Edward the VIII), Eddie Rickenbacker, Benito Mussolini, Prince Umberto, Amelia Earhart.

Description: This poster is a literary poster for the popular monthly magazine. A rare and excellent piece of history featuring stories of the Spanish American War of 1898. In this issue, Governor Roosevelt’s account of the fight at Las Guasimas in Cuba. Amazing piece of US history frozen in time.