Jules-Alexandre Grün – Les Maîtres de l’Affiche : Chemins de fer de l’Ouest – Paris à Londres, 1899

By GRUN Jules Alexandre (1868-1934)

Jules-Alexandre GRÜN (1868–1938)
Chemins de fer de l’Ouest & du London, Brighton & South Coast Railway – Paris à Londres, 1899 — from Les Maîtres de l’Affiche, PL. 223
Lithograph in colours on wove paper, printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris
Signed and dated ’99 in the stone lower right; “PL. 223” and Imprimerie Chaix credit printed in the lower left margin; Les Maîtres de l’Affiche blindstamp in the lower right margin
Dimensions:
Sheet: 39 × 29 cm (15.4 × 11.4 in.)
Image: 33.5 × 24 cm (13.2 × 9.4 in.)
Condition:
Good condition; a few small spots in the upper margin. Unframed.
References: Stanley Appelbaum, The Complete “Masters of the Poster”, Dover, 1990, pl. 223
Period: plate published 1900
Plate 223 of Les Maîtres de l’Affiche (1895–1900), the monthly series of reduced-format posters published under Jules Chéret’s direction by Imprimerie Chaix. The poster advertises the day and night services from Gare Saint-Lazare to London, with the fares of the time printed in the image.
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