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Yellow poster with black silhouetted birds flying over a city with a church spire, white geese in the foreground, and red title lettering reading The True Mother Goose.

The True Mother Goose

A color lithograph poster with a yellow ground and a red title lettered across the top. Large black silhouetted birds sweep diagonally above a city skyline with a church spire, while three white geese in the lower foreground face left and right against a black-and-white harbor view.

Artist
Blanche McManus Mansfield
Date
1895
Medium
color process lithograph on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2121 × 3000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1895).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: The True Mother Goose, cartel de Blanche McManus, 1895

Un cartel litografiado en color, con fondo amarillo y título en rojo en la parte superior. Grandes aves negras en silueta cruzan en diagonal sobre una ciudad con una torre de iglesia, mientras tres gansos blancos en primer plano miran hacia ambos lados frente a un puerto en blanco y negro.

Português: The True Mother Goose, cartaz de Blanche McManus, 1895

Um cartaz em litografia colorida, com fundo amarelo e título em vermelho no alto. Grandes aves negras em silhueta cruzam em diagonal acima de uma cidade com uma torre de igreja, enquanto três gansos brancos em primeiro plano olham para os dois lados diante de um porto em preto e branco.

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