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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 Velocipede
Humber Cycles (Pal, 1895)
Pal (Jean de Paléologue) · Humber cycles, 1895
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 colour lithograph by Pal for Humber cycles, dated 1895 and printed by Paul Dupont, 4 rue du Bouloi, Paris.
Why it matters
Humber of Coventry sold in France through the 1890s and hired the same Paris poster men as its French rivals.
What to notice
An English maker, a Paris printer and a French-language sheet: the cycle trade was already international.
The bicycle sold itself as freedom, and the poster sold the bicycle.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Pal (Jean de Paléologue)
- Printer / house
- Imp. Paul Dupont, 4 rue du Bouloi, Paris
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- Humber cycles, 1895
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9011431t
Live trademark
Humber — sold here as history, never adopted into this house’s own branding.
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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