Words

 La Tête Décapitée

God Spake All These Words

Rossi American Tour 1881-82

Dr. Zane's Antidote : a Sure Cure For Drunkenness 

Geo. S. Knight in OTTO

Modjeska

Julia Arthur in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

The Game of Fifteen : Solved By the Very Merry Mariner

I Am Dry As a Fish

Most of the lithographs and other posters in the Prints and Photographs collection of the Library of Congress use pictures as their main communication device. I pulled together these few exceptions, 19th century graphic designs that rely for impact on the written word.

Cunard Line : Between New-York and Liverpool