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Oostende Dover--Paquebots à turbines [...] / H. Cassiers. – Antique Wall Art

Oostende Dover--Paquebots à turbines [...] / H. Cassiers., [Brussels] : Lith. O. De Rycker & Mendel, [ca. 1900] — vintage poster
Oostende Dover--Paquebots à turbines [...] / H. Cassiers., [Brussels] : Lith. O. De Rycker & Mendel, [ca. 1900]. Vintage poster from the Steamboats collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This vintage poster of Oostende Dover--Paquebots à turbines [...] / H. Cassiers. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This poster promotes the Ostend-to-Dover crossing, a route that carried mail, freight, and travelers between Belgium and England, and its title advertises steamers powered by turbines, a newer and faster form of marine propulsion at the time. The artwork is by H. Cassiers, a Belgian artist known for his illustrations, and it was printed in Brussels by the lithographers O. De Rycker & Mendel around 1900. Belgian travel posters from this period were often designed to lure both British and continental passengers to the coast and its resorts. Viewed today, the poster captures the optimism of the era's steam travel, when speed and modern engineering were central to how railway and shipping companies sold their services.

Created / published[Brussels] : Lith. O. De Rycker & Mendel, [ca. 1900]
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenreTravel posters Belgian 1900.Prints Color 1900.
NotesPromotional goal: Bel. E5. 1900.
SubjectsTourism--Belgium--1900. Ferries--Belgium--1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,141 × 1,453 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216425

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