Grotte de Han Poster ✓

France, c. 1900

29 x 42 in (74 x 107 cm)

ID #LBFRENCHTRAVELTABLE-Z-64

Vintage Belgian travel poster encouraging tourism to the Han Caves in Rochefort. The Han Caves are, to this day, one of the greatest tourist attractions in Belgium, and the illustration on the bottom of the poster perfectly captures their mysterious allure. 

"Chemins de fer de l'etat Belge du nord. Grotte de Han Belgique. La plus grande curiosite naturelle du monde. Chemin de fer de Rochefort a la Grotte de Han. Ascension des Roches de Faule. Lac d'embarquement: sortie de la grotte. Eclairage electrique grandiose." (Northern Belgian State Railways. Cave of Han, Belgium. The greatest natural curiosity in the world. Railway from Rochefort to the Grotte de Han. Ascent of the Roches de Faule. Boarding lake: exit from the cave. Grandiose electric lighting.)

Printer: J.L. Goffart, Brussels

Year: c. 1900

Condition: Very good please note minor restoration on the top and bottom borders of the poster

Poster is linen-backed on canvas

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