Harper's Round Table, Interscholastic Sport Price Five Cents
Date1895
Artist
Edward Penfield
(American painter, illustrator, 1866–1925)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for Harper's Round Table, June 1895
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 16 × 10 1/2 in. (40.6 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-44
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe officials in suits with these young athletes may reflect the late nineteenth century change in athletic programs in high schools and colleges as faculty took over supervision of sports after decades of student-run activities.
