A writing desk for every home. Copyright 1888. Prints and Photographs Division. LC-USZC4-3863. bibliographic record

The invention of lithography spurred the development of the modern poster in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the 1890s, poster design flourished, as artists began to work in the medium. Women were early contributors to this form of applied graphic art.

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