Normandy and Brittany Travel Poster: Chemins de Fer de l’Ouest – Bains de mer & Excursions by Jules Chéret, 1879 liège a cornerstone of New York

a cornerstone of New York City's cultural life at the time

Major rivers: Thames

His majestic Birds of America remains a cornerstone of natural history art

making this piece an intriguing artifact for those interested in the historical geography of the United States

especially children

Normandy and Brittany Travel Poster: Chemins de Fer de l’Ouest – Bains de mer & Excursions by Jules Chéret, 1879 liège a cornerstone of New YorkChemins de Fer de lOuest. Bains de mer & excursions sur les ctes de Normandie & en Bretagne by Jules Chret (1879) captures the early glamour of French seaside travel at the dawn of mass tourism. Commissioned for the Western Railway to entice Parisians to the coast, the poster gathers sunlit vignettes of beloved destinationsMontSaintMichel, SaintMalo, Dieppe, Fcamp and Trouvilleinto a single, irresistible invitation. In the lower center, a locomotive