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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 · The Masters
De Paris à Venise, Chemin de Fer de l’Est
F. Hugo d’Alési · De Paris à Venise, Chemin de Fer de l’Est, 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
A Hugo d’Alési poster for the Chemin de fer de l’Est route from Paris to Venice, by Belfort, Basel, Lucerne and the Saint Gotthard, the 1898 printing.
Why it matters
Printed as an affiche simili-aquarelle from d’Alési’s own Pigalle workshop.
What to notice
De Paris à Venise, par Belfort, Bâle, Lucerne et le St Gothard.
The railway sold Venice to Paris overnight.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- F. Hugo d’Alési
- Printer / house
- Atelier H. d’Alési, 5 place Pigalle, Paris
- Format
- Travel poster
- Poster published
- De Paris à Venise, Chemin de Fer de l’Est, 1898
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, via Gallica and Wikimedia Commons
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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