Normandy and Brittany Travel Poster: Chemins de Fer de l’Ouest – Bains de mer & Excursions by Jules Chéret, 1879 liège North Quincy High School

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Major rivers: Thames

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Normandy and Brittany Travel Poster: Chemins de Fer de l’Ouest – Bains de mer & Excursions by Jules Chéret, 1879 liège North Quincy High SchoolChemins 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