Poster with a lion and ESPAÑA lettering – Vintage Poster
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Poster with a lion and ESPAÑA lettering, preserved in this vintage poster. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Poster with a lion and ESPAÑA lettering
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A lion and the word ESPAÑA dominate this poster, pairing a national emblem with a name meant to draw travelers in. The lion is a familiar heraldic figure in Spain, long associated with the kingdom of León and with the royal arms that combined it with the castle of Castile. Posters like this belong to a broader tradition of travel promotion, when governments and transport companies used bold graphics to sell the country abroad. Notice how the lettering and the animal share the space, since that balance was central to the look of such advertising.
| Original scan | 4,711 × 3,795 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g07536_ |
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