L'Actualité Journal Quotidien

France, c. 1881

33 x 48 in (84 x 122 cm)

ID #LB47X63TURNOFCENTURY-L-01

"En vente partout cinq centimes le numero. Publie chaque jour des Nouvelles et des Télégrammes, des Correspondances sur L'Expedition du Tonkin, La Guerre du Soudan." (On sale everywhere for five cents per issue. Publishes daily News and Telegrams, Correspondence on the Tonkin Expedition, the Sudan War.)

Original advertisement for the French daily newspaper, this paper was published before there was mainstream photography, hence engravings such as the one featured were the best way to picture the news.

Artist: J.C. Dollman & T. Walter Wilson

Condition: Fair considering age. Linen-backed on canvas for extra preservation

1800s 1900s 500-1000 africa army art nouveau battle colonialism engraving fight french horseback imperialism journalism literature litho news newspaper orange original poster poster print size-33x48 turn of the century vintage war

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