Vintage French travel poster for the seaside town Cherbourg. Illustrated on the poster is a dashing sailor, looking off pensively to the beach-dwellers on the shore. 

"Chemins de fer de l'Ouest. Cherbourg a moins de 9 heures de Paris. Excursions aux cuirasses d'escadre aux Transatlantiques Etrangers aux Illes Anglo-Normandes au Haras de Martinvast. Grand casino moderne avec parc magnifique." (Western Railways. Cherbourg is less than 9 hours from Paris. Trips to the squadron's cuirasses at the Foreign Transatlantic Islands in the Channel Islands at Haras de Martinvast. Large modern casino with magnificent park.)

Artist: Louis Bombled

Printer: L. Geisler

Year: 1901

Condition: Poor, please note tearing along the borders

Poster is linen-backed on canvas