http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/happy-may-day/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:19:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/happy-may-day/#comment-124 Mark Stoneman Sun, 04 May 2008 14:58:21 +0000 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-124 Unfortunately, I know nothing about it. I just liked it. It reminds me of Jugendstil, something prior to the USSR. I thought that tsarist Russia was pretty restrictive for labor activism, so I'm somewhat at a loss. Maybe the poster was illegal. Or maybe it appeared at a time of flux, say ca. 1905/1906. Unfortunately, I know nothing about it. I just liked it. It reminds me of Jugendstil, something prior to the USSR. I thought that tsarist Russia was pretty restrictive for labor activism, so I’m somewhat at a loss. Maybe the poster was illegal. Or maybe it appeared at a time of flux, say ca. 1905/1906.

]]> http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/happy-may-day/#comment-123 penandspindle Sun, 04 May 2008 12:36:07 +0000 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-123 I find this poster very interesting. Do you know anything about the graphic artist? It reminds me of a Xmas Witch sketched by Constance Penstone who is also known as the cartoonist Scalpel. The Xmas Witch appeared in The Owl, a Penstone paper and must have run around the turn of the 19/20th century. Penstone worked in Britain, New York, Australia and South Africa. She is remembered for her art these days. I find this poster very interesting. Do you know anything about the graphic artist? It reminds me of a Xmas Witch sketched by Constance Penstone who is also known as the cartoonist Scalpel. The Xmas Witch appeared in The Owl, a Penstone paper and must have run around the turn of the 19/20th century. Penstone worked in Britain, New York, Australia and South Africa. She is remembered for her art these days.

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