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L’Algérie et la Tunisie / Victor Hugo. ca. 1910.
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L’Algérie et la Tunisie / Victor Hugo. ca. 1910.
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PAI-LXII: Rare Posters
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Artist: ANONYMOUS
Size: 28 x 41 1/8 in./71.1 x 104.2 cm
Condition: A-/ Slight tears & stains at edges.
Printer:
Reference: Ref: La Mer s'Affiche, p.62; Suez, p.24; PAI-XVII, 60
Key Words: maritime, Africa
L’Algérie et la Tunisie / Victor Hugo. ca. 1910.
A lovely, delicate image to jointly advertise train service from Paris to the Mediterranean ports and sea passage from there to France’s colonies in North Africa. From their terrace, a wealthy young French couple enjoy the view of Algiers bathed in the pink and gold of dusk. Verses from Victor Hugo’s “Les Orientales” are in the lower right corner.
Size: 28 x 41 1/8 in./71.1 x 104.2 cm
Condition: A-/ Slight tears & stains at edges.
Printer:
Reference: Ref: La Mer s'Affiche, p.62; Suez, p.24; PAI-XVII, 60
Key Words: maritime, Africa
L’Algérie et la Tunisie / Victor Hugo. ca. 1910.
A lovely, delicate image to jointly advertise train service from Paris to the Mediterranean ports and sea passage from there to France’s colonies in North Africa. From their terrace, a wealthy young French couple enjoy the view of Algiers bathed in the pink and gold of dusk. Verses from Victor Hugo’s “Les Orientales” are in the lower right corner.
