Nieuport-Bains / A.D. Crespin – Vintage Print
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This rare vintage poster captures Nieuport-Bains / A.D. Crespin in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Nieuport-Bains / A.D. Crespin
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A color lithographic poster advertising Nieuport-Bains, a Belgian seaside resort on the North Sea coast, this 1895 sheet promoted the town's bathing facilities to holidaymakers. Its credited designer is Adolphe Louis Charles Crespin, with Edouard Duyck listed as joint artist, though the catalog record notes that these attributions come from older caption data and have not been fully verified. The poster belongs to the flourishing period of commercial lithography in the 1890s, when large, brightly colored posters brought bold graphic design to city streets and railway stations. Its format and palette show how advertisers of the era used the new medium to sell leisure travel to a growing middle-class public.
| Created / published | 1895 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 92 x 61 cm. |
| Notes | Color lithographic poster by Adolphe Louis Charles Crespin, 1859-1944. Promotional goal: Bel. K5. 1895. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. Duyck, Edouard, 1856-1897. joint artist. II. Title. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,026 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173960 |
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