"Avanti Enrico Ferri poster" [NMLH.2022.133.3.7]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.133.3.7

Object Name
Poster

Title
Anno VII Avanti

Date
around 1970

Description
This portfolio collection is 1/4 of a larger collection of fifty posters produced for the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1892 to 1970. This part consists of 12 posters produced for the PSI publication 'Avanti!' (meaning "Forward!" in English) between 1986 and 1905. This poster features an image of a man looking across some fields. White text at the bottom of the poster reads "Year 7 newspaper of the Italian Socialist Party - Director Enrico Ferri" Enrico Ferri was was an Italian criminologist, socialist and member of the PSI who served as head editor for Avanti!The original design was likely made around 1903 and has been reproduced for this portfolio.