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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
Le Grand Siècle de l’Affiche · Travel, Rail, and Liner
Alger, P.L.M. and Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Poster by F. Hugo d'Alési, 1898
F. Hugo d'Alési (1849-1906) · P.L.M. and Compagnie Générale Transatlantique poster, 1898
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
An 1898 poster sold jointly by the P.L.M. railway and the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, advertising the postal sea service between France, Algeria and Tunisia, with Algiers as the destination.
Why it matters
Two companies split one sheet because the trip needed both: the train to Marseille and the steamer across. The d'Alési workshop at Place Pigalle drew it.
What to notice
Both company names share the head of the sheet, rail first.
Rail and sea sold as one ticket.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- F. Hugo d'Alési (1849-1906)
- Printer / house
- Ateliers F. Hugo d'Alési, 5 place Pigalle, Paris
- Format
- Travel poster
- Poster published
- P.L.M. and Compagnie Générale Transatlantique poster, 1898
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9016038w
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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