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ART HISTORY POSTER

The American Landscape

andscapes in 19th century farm equipment posters tell us more about the artistic conventions of the time than the actual appearance of farms. Most views featured scenic hills and rivers instead of the flat, Midwestern prairies that characterized American agriculture by the 1880s.

The Meadow Lark poster.

Color Lithograph, ca. 1880

Printed by Johns & Co. (Cleveland)
for Fremont Harvester Co. (Fremont, OH)
23.75" x 31.75"

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